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| My Most Recent Adventures | ||
| Irresponsible use of Spandex | ||
| 2 oz vs 250 lbs | ||
| What Works | ||
| April Fools | ||
| More Adventures | ||
| Eating Injury | ||
| Rita Drops In | ||
| Spinning out of Control | ||
| Dude Where's my Truck? | ||
| I Quit | ||
| How to Shoe a Clydesdale | ||
| High Intensity Training | ||
| Cat Fight at the Pool | ||
| Wat'er you Doing? | ||
| The First Year | ||
| Attacked From Below | ||
| Runners Top Ten | ||
| Are You a Fat Triathlete? | ||
| The other pain from exercise | ||
| Things I Have Learned | ||
| Why Supplements Suck | ||
| Fight with an ASS! | ||
| Sent to Bull Pen for First Tri | ||
| Traveling Training Hell | ||
| Watched at Weight Watchers | ||
| Why Triathletes are Bad Dates | ||
| Licensed to Park | ||
| Trip to the Bike Shop | ||
| Favorite Pics | ||
| The Torture Place | ||
| Achilles the Blue Heeler | ||
| The Angelina | ||
| My Serious Page | ||
| Favorite Websites | ||
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April Fools! |
| I should have know that planning a triathlon on
April 1 might be a mistake. I have been serious about getting to the
starting line the last few months and after I made the last entry on
this website "No More Talking About It" I basically took all the time I
used to spend online and put it towards training. I printed out the info
for entering the race and posted it in my office for motivation. I was
ready.
Some 8 weeks later it was finally time to make it happen. I had everything packed the night before the race and I double checked the link on my website to make sure the time was correct. I noticed the site looked different but the My First Tri information was the same as I had printed months earlier. I had a hard time sleeping the night before and I wanted to get an early start so I could register before the race without any problems. By 6:00 am I was on my way to my first tri in beautiful Galveston Texas. I was there well before the race was to start and followed the tri parking signs to an empty parking lot. There was no one anywhere in sight. Obviously something was wrong so I tried to find someone to ask where the triathlon was. I never found anyone so I headed back to get online and see what I had missed. It turns out the link I had put on my website had been redirected to a tri in San Antonio for a 'My First Tri Event'. For whatever reason the Galveston event had been cancelled except for the Ironman distance that was to be held the next day. I am extremely disappointed. I would have never imagined the tri wouldn't happen and because I cut out my web surfing time I totally missed the change. I am sure I will find another one soon but it takes a lot out of you to work so hard and be ready for a race only to find out it has been cancelled. I should have know since it was April Fools Day...
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