Sat June 22 Lake to Lake Triathlon

 

This past weekend we had a fun Saturday, filled with action.  Also, we have purchased a new SLR awesome camera and finally have some better pictures of Rachel that don't make her look quite as funny as some others.  (We are still working on her hair and what to do with it.)

4:20am wake up, leave house at 4:50am and drive to Loveland, CO.  Jason was to run the 10km portion of an Olympic Lake to Lake Triathlon in a relay team.  Our friends Angela and Kent from Breckenridge met us there with 3 other people from Summit county to make up the two, 3 person teams.

We put Rachel in her car seat straight out of bed and she was happy to be up and at 'em and exploring.  We had to park the car a little ways from the transition area, and then it was a further haul to the start of the swim course.  We had packed snacks, sunscreen, extra clothes, camera, etc etc but carrying it all in a bag, with Rachel, while 38.5 weeks pregnant was a workout!  Jason had his own stuff to take care of such as running gear, getting body marked, signing in, etc.

We watched the swim start and the swim exit and then played at the playground for a little while.  Then we made our way back to transition to watch the bikers come in and the runner's go off.  Then, after Daddy took off on the run course, Rachel and Mommy went back to the lake and Rachel played in the water while we waited to see Daddy come through near the finish.  It was awesome to be by the lake because it was about 85 degrees out.

Jason off on the run!

Jason hadn't run a 10km flat race in years, and had no idea what to expect.  On top of that, he wasn't quite sure when to expect to start his run because we didn't really know how long the biker would take.  So he kept warm and kept drinking water for about 20 minutes while watching out for his teammate, and then he took off.  He did a great job keeping his pace consistently at about 6:38 pace miles for the run, and then a bit faster on the last leg, for a run time of about 41 minutes.  Not bad for a guy who has trained for the 30 mile distance recently!

Rachel introduces herself to random people we don't know

After the race, we enjoyed sitting on the grass with a large group of people (a few we knew, many we did not) and enjoyed the yummy burrito breakfast.  A patient of Meggan's joined us and Rachel entertained everyone.  Although Rachel has typically been a shy girl, recently she has become much more social.  She went around the circle introducing herself to everyone and shook hands with anyone who would pay her attention.  This video shows the quick version of her saying 'Sorry... what's your name?" to our friend Angela as she then reached out to shake her hand.

While we were hanging around, we learned that Jason's relay team actually won the Masters category.  Masters because the total age of the team was over some arbitrary number - basically the guy on the bike wasn't a young guy.  So a first place win!

We left the event, came home while Rachel slept in the car.  Kent and Angela had a quick tour of our house before they left town.  Our friend came over to watch Rachel and then we went to our last HypnoBabies birthing class.

Meanwhile, Nana had an early day herself and flew from Victoria, BC to Denver.  She caught the door-the-door shuttle from the airport and arrived at the house around 5pm to relieve our sitter and watch Rachel.  We made it home by 6:30pm to eat, visit, and put Rachel to bed.

By Saturday night we were all exhausted and ready to sleep, but also excited.  Now that our birthing class is complete, Nana is here to watch Rachel, and many other tasks are taken care of, we are ready for baby to arrive! 

Dolphin 2
Rachel has been quite a handful lately.  We've re-entered the terrible 2s and temper tantrum city.  She will flip out these days if she doesn't get her way.  We are trying to maintain our patience and pick our battles with consistency, but it's tough.  She isn't sleeping in very often past 5am due to the sun, which may be contributing to all of our fatigue.
But this week she wouldn't even get in the water at swim school.  It's her 4th week of lessons and she was kicking butt and loving it... then all of a sudden she just sat on the pool deck and cried and didn't want to go.
Go figure?