Aug 5
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Race Day: Take 2
Race Day
I'm racing in the Lake Front Days Triathlon tomorrow. I'm nervous and excited. Should be a lot of fun.
Here are my goals for tomorrow:
Swim. 1/4 mile under 10 minutes
Bike. 13.5 miles under 60 minutes (shorter than the MPLS TRI but a much more challenging bike course)
Run. 3.3 miles. 33 minutes
Total time with transitions: 1 hour and 45 minutes
My #1 goal is to run the whole run this time. During my first triathlon, I ran out of steam and ended up walking and running the run portion of the race. Thr run is what I've focused on most in this month of training. It'll be interesting to see if I can pace myself better and run through the pain at the end.
Start/Finish
The Cleary Lake Regional Park Pavilion in Prior Lake is where the race with start and finish. I'll be starting about 8:10 and so if all goes well I'll be finishing about 9:50 or so. Maybe a bit before or a bit after.
See you at the finish!
Here are my results from the Minneapolis Triathlon
Aug 3
They don't want to waste their life, yo!
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Phoebe and Ellie singing a Lecrae song on our walk
Jul 21
Exciting Conclusion
Here's a link to the video clip of the exciting conclusion to my Triathlon 4 Orphans. Riveting. Simply riveting.
http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event_video.asp?EVENTID=87077&BIB=3133&VLOC=Finish
Jul 15
Twinkies Game With The Boys
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Apparently, all I did at the game was eat!
And a post about going to the Twins game with the guys would not be complete without a picture Matthew took to remind us where we parked. Thanks, Matthew!
And thanks, Richee and Matthew, for the extra pics!
Jul 9
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I'm a finisher!
Finisher. This is is what it says on the back of this metal. I couldn't have said it better myself.
I had so much fun competing today. I hope to do it again soon. This does feel like the start of a journey. I loved racing and I loved raising money for adoptions.
Thank you all so much for your prayer support, donations, supplies, encouragement. I truly could have or wouldn't have done it without all the help. The Holy Spirit truly does give grace to the weak. It's awesome!
Janet did a great little recap on her blog. I met my goal! She gives the details.
And Dave Willcock, who was a big help along the way, caught this video moments after I crossed the finish line. Classic stuff.
Here are the official results:
Jul 8
Tomorrow morning at 8:46am CDT, I will be getting in the water and starting something I honestly thought I would never do. As a kid I used to watch the CBC on Saturdays as they showed Ironmans. I always thought it would be so cool to ride/run through a water station, grab a cup of water and dump in on my head. Tomorrow with number 3133 on my chest, I will actually do it! What a blast it will be. The last six weeks have been a great journey and, I'm asking the Lord to help me make this just the start of a new pattern of being more healthy.
This picture is a hint to the sweet accessory I will be sporting as I run tomorrow so you really can't afford to miss that. And I just might have my shirt off so you really should miss that. I guess you'll just need to weigh the pros and cons of it all.
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Tomorrow We Race! Watch Out For 3133
My goal tomorrow is to finish in under 2 hours. So that would be about a 20min swim, 60min bike ride, 35min run, and 5min in the transition area. To see me finish you'd have to get to the Start/Finish by about 10:30 or so. There are also great places to watch the race all along the course. I'd recommend somewhere along the St.Paul side of the bike portion of the course. It's gorgeous all along the Mississippi River there.
The document below has all the details you need if you want to come down.
One more more thing. You can track me as I race by getting periodic text messages as I progress along the course. You'll be able to know exactly where I am and make sure I haven't passed out in a ditch somewhere. My bib number will be 3133 and I can be tracked here: http://www.peaktiming.com/sms/mplstri2011/
Jul 7
T4O Vlupdate 13: Weigh In!
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2 days to go and so I wanted to see how close I was to my goal of 250lbs for race day. Join me as I step on the scale LIVE!
Update:
All the Triathlon 4 Orphans race day info you need: http://djhorse.posterous.com/tomorrow-we-race
You can still donate: http://djhorse.posterous.com/donate
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Jul 5
We are in the middle of this month's Global Bridegroom Fast. Be encouraged that the Lord sees your desire to love Him with all that you are. Wherever you are in your journey, His mercy is new today for you and His grace is available to you to love Him!
Here are some thoughts I wrote last week on my journey with fasting.
July Global Bridegroom Fast
For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Galatians 5:5)
It is only by the Holy Spirit in us that we are able to fight the good fight and love God and others when so much wars against us. Only by the Spirit can we "eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness". We are pulled to desire and pursue things that will not endure into the age to come. The resurrection of our bodies is our "hope of righteousness"! If we endure, we will live forever when Jesus returns. We eagerly wait now and hope in the Lord and in the promise that He will return and make all things new!
