Switzerland Update

We have made it to Switzerland! The trip over went very well...no issues with any flights. On the first day, we stopped in Bern on the way to Lauterbrunnen. It was a nice visit in the City, but I was starting to feel pretty tired. We checked into our hotel and then went to watch Kevin and Jeremy do a base jump right outside of town. We really love our hotel room. It has a nice balcony and a great view of the falls in town.

Today, Chris and me took the train up to Jungfraugh. It was really nice and a fun time. We then did a combination of hikes and train rides back to town. It is the peak of tourist season, so it is really busy. The mountains are still similar to Colorado except we don't have cows walking around everywhere. Although we heard they are subsidized by the government for tourism. Still really cool.

Hope you enjoy the first set of photos!

Update on Tri for the Cure

I just checked the website and the results have been posted. There ended up being a total of 2980 particpants that finished the race. I am really happy with my results in the swim and bike, but the run could have gone much better. My IT Band was really holding me back, but I am going to get it figured out with Boulder Running Company when I return and Chris said he is going to work with me. I think I have him talked into doing one next year! Below are my results:

Overall Rank - 344
Classs Rank - 65 out of 335 (25-29 year olds)
Swim - 750m - 16:36 - 321 overall
Bike - 11.4 mi - 37:22 - 216 overall
Run - 5K - 32:38 - 1078 overall (very frustrating)
Transition 1 - 3:48
Transition 2 - 2:52

Final Time = 1:33:19

My goal was 1:30 and I am disappointed in the run, but really I can't complain too much. It took a lot of mental strength to keep running and I really wanted to stop since I was really in pain. I am glad I kept going!!

Tri for the Cure

Well the big race day has finally arrived! Chris and I headed down to Cherry Creek yesterday to pick up my race packet and spent the night at the Marriott since we had to be up so early. The day went very well and I raced really good. My swim went well and the bike went great. My IT band has been really aggrevating me lately, but I survived the run.

The race was huge...it is the fourth largest in the nation. There were over 3600 participants in the race. They haven't posted the results yet, so I will keep you posted.

Chris was a very supportive husband driving me around and carrying stuff for me. He did a awesome job taking photos.

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Last Week Events

This past weekend Christine came to town. It was really nice seeing her. We went out on Pearl Street Friday night and watched some the street acts. On Saturday, we took a quick hike before she headed to Denver. On Saturday, Chris and our carpenter friend Tim put up a house fan. It has really helped keep the house cool at night, which is great! On Sunday, we celebrated our 6 year wedding anniversary by going to see the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing as part of the Colorado Shakespeare festival at CU. We have a picnic dinner before the play on "the Green" and they had string music playing. It was really neat and funny! We have also been working hard on the kitchen planning. I think we are going to do the darker color paint on the cabinets with a green back splash. Then a granite countertop and re-staining the floors a darker stain. I also got a really fun early birthday present from my friend Melisa...a hula hoop. She even made it in orange and blue for Auburn!!

NKOTB & Happy Birthday Melissa!

Last night me and my friend Melisa went to the New Kids on the Block concert down in Denver. We had so much fun! I was impressed by how they still had it and the crowd was really into it. The lyrics of their new songs were a little much, but good for entertainment. I had many memories of the time I saw them in the 4th grade at the Civic Center in Birmingham. I had been sick for a few days but wouldn't tell my mom because I didn't want to miss it. At the concert, I was so sick and actually end up missing two weeks of school afterwards from illness! I also remember my cousin Paige screaming and about to pass out when they came out on stage!

Happy Birthday Melissa! I might have picked you up a momento from last night...maybe it will make up for them cancelling the Bham show...:(

Chris took a few days off work this week and worked around the house. He took off the baseboards and put up molding in our offices. We are going to have the floors re-done pretty soon!

This weekend we headed up to Keystone for a Wine Festival with Kevin and Julie. We had a really fun time sampling all the different wines...maybe a little too much fun. We stayed in a nice townhome and had a fun birthday dinner with Amber and Josh.

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone has a Happy 4th! It has been a while since our last post. We went on a mountain bike ride a while back and have been a the road bikes alot while I train for the Tri. We also went on the Thursday Night Cruiser ride that takes place in Boulder every week. We went with our neighbor with the "original founders". It was so much fun. We met up at a warehouse and then picked up some more groups as we cruised around Boulder saying "Happy Thursday" to everyone. People in the neighborhood were all out of the driveways waving to us and flashing their porch lights. During the middle of the ride, we stopped at the park to shoot fireworks and have a dance party...only in Boulder! Last night, we went and saw Wilco at Red Rocks. We rode to it on a school bus with some friends. It was fun as well!!