Triathalon Challange

My sister-in-law, Rachel, who I admire, has challenged me to do my first triathlon with her.

I pretty much said yes because first I like a challenge and second if I am to ever become as awesome as she is I have do hard things, like swim when I have never even been in a lap pool. I actually did not even know how far a lap was or the difference between breast stroke and freestyle. Basically the only thing I know about swimming is from Micheal Phelps.

Rachel is the kind of person who you immediately identify with. She is very easy to talk to. As a mother of 6 children, 5 boys and 1 girl, it's as if she has been there done that. She can relate to just about any stage I am at in my parenting of three.

I have taken many parenting techniques from her like rhyming around the dinner table, lining up to go out the door, sounding off kids names every hour or so to check their whereabouts, making the kids eat what I or some one else cooks (no matter what), asking the big kids to help with the little kids, and timing clean ups.

So as I am sitting her writing this Isaac says "Wow so she pretty much walks on water."

I am laughing inside because from the time I met Isaac he as always talked about how awesome his sister was. He showed me how to brush my hair from watching his sister do it over the years. Rachel was said to have talked for Isaac as they were growing up like "Mom, Isaac's thirsty." Isaac was also many times a partner in crime. If mom and dad said that if Isaac went then Rachel was aloud to go.

So I started my training as any good athlete would do, ya know 2 months before the event.

First day-I run down the road with a stroller that has semi flat tires with 2 kids and a run a way dog

Second day- I ride my bike with bike trailer with flat tires on the bike and the trailer with a runaway dog, that is trying to attack every dog along the way.

Is this really meant to be?

Well, like Dora on Nemo says "Just keep swimming, swimming" (oh wait I don't know how yet)!