A boire!

And I thought I'd be adjusted after two weeks of classes.  Instead of chilling and focusing on schoolwork, I have thrown myself whole-heartedly into the mix of things.  18 credits is a lot, and the coursework is very challenging but I'm still loving it!  My average homework assignment takes between 4-8 hours, so you can imagine all the free time I have on my hands.  I just don't even know what to do with it.

Okay all sarcasm aside, I've been using whatever time I can scrape out here and there to train for my TRIATHLON!  I only had about 2 and a half weeks to train, but I did the Rev 3 Half Full Olympic Distance tri in Maryland last Sunday and it was awesome!  The water temp was 67 (thank goodness for wetsuits), the air temp was 48, and it rained the whole time (thank goodness for raincoats).  This was by far the most challenging thing I've done.  About halfway through the 0.9 mile swim you're out there in the middle of a lake wondering what the heck you're doing.  About halfway though the 32 mile bike, you're grinding up a hill wondering why the heck you're doing this.  And about halfway through the 6.5 mile run, you're too busy dealing with the pain that comes with finally being able to feel the bottom halves of your legs again to be thinking anything.  But I finished and I loved it!  I can't wait to do another one.  Lance Armstrong competed in this race also.  He passed me on the bike, and then I paced with him for the last 50 meters of my run!  I also missed my turn because I didn't realize he had another loop to go, but whatever I ran with Lance!!!!

That was my big adventure of the last few weeks, and it really overshadows all the every day adventures that compose my life.  Til next time!  Oh I also did a 10 miler called the Mountaintop Trot the weekend before last.  That was a blast too, though the course was super technical.  We were basically hiking around Mountain Lake at a brisk jog.