Weekend Fun

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I went to camp last weekend, and this is what I packed:

It was three days of triathlon training and I had so much fun. There were 11 of us in the group, and two trainers. Some were beginners like me, some had quite a bit of triathlon/marathon experience. I was the only one not riding a triathlon or racing bike, but luckily we biked in two groups and I could easily keep up with the slower group. We usually swam in the morning, and did a combined bike ride/run in the afternoon. It really helped that they videotaped our swimming both above and under water. Let's just say, I have a lot of room for improvement. :)
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My first triathlon will be on May 30, in Munich. It's the sprint distance and the swim will be in the pool. One of the trainers from last weekend is the organizer of the Ingolstadt triathlon on June 13. They've been booked out since last December, but I asked him to change my registration from sprint to Olympic distance, and since a pregnant lady just dropped out he could change it. Now I have about 7 weeks to prepare for a 1.5k (just under a mile) open water swim, 40k (25mi) bike ride and 10k (6.25mi) run. I admit the swim freaks me out a bit, especially the open water part. But I'm so excited to be doing this, and so lucky that Neil is so supportive. He took great care of the kids and the cats all weekend.

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And when I came back Sunday night Finn had a new skill to show me! I am so happy and proud of my big boy. We took the training wheels off his kiddie bike a week ago, and he was very upset. But thanks to his daddy Finn learned to ride his bike in no time! They are still working on getting started, but stopping without falling down is going really well already.