Triathlon? Marathon? What fun!

It is Sunday afternoon and we are here listening to conference. It has been a packed month. Where to begin. On of my daughters, Liesl, and I were sure that we were a little to heavy so we decided to do something about. We started on a nutrition plan called Isagenix. Yes it is a multi-level marketing product. No, we are are not trying to sale it to anyone.

Anyway, we have had pretty good success with it as we have both lost approximately 25 pounds in the last month. On Liesl's blog she posts that she never felt better, or been happier. Comments like that bring a smile. She is active on her blog and writes often. Marta and Liesl do the best with keeping their blogs current.

A couple of weeks ago we competed in the Kokopeeli triathlon. I like the tri because we have so many participants from our family and friends. This fall our team included:

Marta, Jed, Liesl, Chandler, Val, Kathryn, D. Lee and me.

It was a beautiful day for a tri. I told Marta it was my best swim ever. I didn't rest by hanging onto a boey, dog paddling, puking, or back stroking. I even passed a couple of people on the swim, and I can't recall that ever happening in the past. Even though it was my best swim, it did not set any water records. Both of my boys came in from their swims before I started the bike leg. I can honestly say I enjoyed it.

At the end of the day we had some pretty good results. jed took first in the 19 and under category. I won the over 40 fat man division, and Dawn won her division. More importantly, all had a good time and were smiling as the crossed the line. Really, if everyone feels they did their best you can't ask for anything else.

Yesterday was the Marathon. As has become customary, Marta waited for me. She is patient and kind. There was a little twist as, for the second time in history, it rained on the St. George Marathon. It was a little strange to run in the rain for about 25 of 26.2 miles. I had a pretty good run. It was good to lose the weight before the run, but I didn't have the reserves to maintain for the whole run. I was dizzy and feeling faint at mile 15 and had a couple of other problems along the way. I was able to have a slight kick at the end, a very slight kick and we crossed the line with a time of 4:48 something.

I have never been this stiff after any of the previous races in which we participated. My right leg is the most stiff. It will get better in a few days, the pain and fatigue will fade and we will be ready for the next adventure, whatever that turns out to be. I will promise to do better with my training for next year, and I am sincere in that goal, though life seems to get in the way.

President Uchtdorff said in the Priesthood session of our Church's conference that tomorrow will not provide more time to get the things done we want to accomplish. We have to make the memories along the way. Marta got teary this morning with President Monson said that before you know it the endless piles of children's laundry will not be endless and we will wish that little hand prints once again marred a freshly cleaned wall. Marta and I have teenagers to a two year old and are loving the journey. Marta is my best friend, thank you for all you do.

Next year you won't have to . . .