I am a step closer to my tatoo

Well, I did it. I signed my life away and forked over a lot of cash for a years worth of self inflicted torture. I signed up for Coure D Alene Iron Man on June 27 of next year. This is the same one that Sara did and she is part if my motivation. For those of you that know me well you know that the only way I would ever get a tatoo is if I completed an Iron Man.... I am a year closer and I am motivated to get my Iron Man symbol permanently placed somewhere on my body!

If you are asking if I have even done a half-- the answer is no. Have I even done an Olympic Distance Tri-- No. Do I know if I even enjoy doing triathlons-- not yet :) Am I a little crazy and excited at the same time-- yes. :) I took the leap and I did it. I may hate every minute of it but I am going to at least try. I have finally found some good training buddies here and have somewhat of a tri training routine down and with a little peer pressure and a lot of adrenaline I decided to close my eyes and turn in the digits on my credit card! I have been battling injuries for the last 5 months so I will have to be verrry smart about this whole thing but I think I will be ok.

I am really excited because I already have 2 people doing it with me, 1 indecisive and 2 others committed to being my cheering section! Any one else? You know you want to take the leap as well :)

Shout Outs

Mo: Haaaaappppy Late birthday! I hope you had a great one and it sounds like you did

Sara: Happyyyyyy wedding day! You looked so happy and gorgeous in all your pics. You and Tim are the cutest!

Susie: Way to kick ASSSSSS. I cant believe you went 5:04 for the half! I am going to have to train my booty off to get even close to that! Nice job on second in your age group!

Mandy: Good luck at Nats! Dont let the new dive scare you! Just have fun with it!

Fraser: Good luck in your olympic tri and as Mandy says "dont drown :)"

Rachel: I am sure you will hear back from Target HQ. Keep the faith and keep on trucking. I am proud of you.

And everyone else hope you are doing well and having a good summer. I love you all!

-Corey

Busy Bee

I have been really bad at blogging lately! But I have been enjoying reading everyone elses! Things have been hectic but fun lately. I am coaching with TEAM in Training and although I only officially coach one night a week, I seem to be doing something for TEAM at least 4-5 nights out of the 7. I am also training with the group because I am doing the race in Oct, fundraiser, meeting about fundraising and trying to do private swim lessons as well. I am trying to balance all that with workouts, socializing, sleeping and seeing my friends and boyfriend. I rarely see my roommate anymore and it makes me sad! PS that is a picture of my roomie and my BF at a "Guac party" this weekend!

Anway things are going well though. I signed up for about 5 triathlons this summer and have made some pretty good girlfriends that I can train with and travel to tri's with. Tonight a few of us our doing this thing called a splash and dash. The gym near my house has this huge open man made Quarry and every 3rd Tuesday of the month they host a mini practice race. It is a 750 open water swim and a 2 mile run. You would think it would be small but they have to cap it at 2oo people. The pro athletes seem to come out and use it as a sprint workout and it is a lot of fun. I did it for the first time last month and got 4th out of all the woman! Hopefully I will make it through the heat today and move up in my rankings! Those pro athletes have nothing on me.... hahahah

I miss all of you guys and I wish I could see everyone more. I am trying to schedule some trips this summer but right now my weekends are booked until mid August. goooood times. I cant wait to see Rachel and Dale in Sept! They are getting married and the bridesmaids are flying up in Sept for a lil bachelorette weekend. It should be really fun. Then I may go to Vancouver to visit Susie and Mandy and possibly Tyler and I am thinking that Susie and I will end up getting too excited about watching the ironman and will sign up on site! SUSIE GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND IN YOUR HALF!

Also for those of you that know Jenny Petite she is now in AUstin and is getting married near Dallas in August! I may go to her wedding and hang with our old trackie buddies!

This weekend is Victor and I's 2nd dating anniversary. I cant believe it has been 2 years but I also cant believe it has ONLY been 2 years. haha. I am not sure what we are gonna do yet but I am sure it will be low key and nice. The weekend after we are goingot his parents house (they live out by the lake) with a few friends and we are goign to hang out and relax. I am looking forward to that because then I am taking that whole next week off (forced vacationwoo woo) and my plan is to do nothing... although I have already scheduled a nice little massage and planned a day trip with a couple of friends to the Blue Bell factory!! Yessss my kind of vacation.

Work is still work and I have my good day and my bad days. I am busy enough right now to where I dont have time to look at other options even if I wanted to. FUN

I WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO RACHEL who has an interview on Wed!!
Well I think I have talked enough for today!

Lots of love!
Corey