April showers bring May flowers
Hello Friends, The month of April seemed to have gone by fast. It may seem like we are in the early stages of our LLS mission. There's still a long way to go and many goals to reach...and it's already May! I wanted to take a moments to reflect: The month of April started my triathlon season with completing the Half IRONMAN Galveston on April 8th. This race distance consists of: 1.2mile swim; 56mile bike; 13.1mile run. All to be completed in 8hrs:30min. The weather that entire weekend was anything but sunny and nice. Quite the opposite actually - rainy, windy and cold. This made for a challenging and long race day; both, mentally and physically. Morning temps were in the 40's and my feet were so cold and numb waiting for my swim wave to start; it was a relief to finally jump into the water (which was actually warmer). The bike was challenging because to start, I'm already cold from the swim, but I also decided at the last minute to not wear my jac...