Tri For a Cure

Last year CAB, Newbie and I formed a team for the LiveStrong Challenge in Austin, Texas.  It supports the Lance Armstrong Foundation; founded by Lance after his battle with testicular cancer.

The LAF believes that unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. You can empower yourself and others if you have the knowledge and as your mom always said “Safety Strength in numbers”.

The Lance Armstrong Foundation became a real part of my life when BFF was diagnosed with cancer.  As we went through her battle together I learned more and more about the efforts of LAF not only in each community but over legislature and globally.  This foundation reaches globally from Mexico to Italy.

The LiveStrong Challenge is an annal event held in 4 cities across the US and over the past 13 years has raised over $60 MILLION for cancer research.  Last year we dubbed our team name “Tri For a Cure”- at that time all three of us had completed our first year of competing in triathlons and thought it was an appropriate name for our team being as though we had lost BFF the previous June.

This year and into next as I train for my first half ironman – I still consider myself Tri-ing for a Cure.  We will use this name again when we participate in the LiveStrong Challenge in October 2010.  But do you want to Tri for a Cure?

I’ll be chronicling my training on here as not only motivation (hopefully to some) but also as accountability.   If you would like to join in feel free – we can discuss those horrendous BRICK workouts, the scared feeling you get when you begin to taper (will I loose performance), the miserable early morning workouts, etc….

New Orleans 70.3 Training will start in approx. mid December 2010 – please check back for updates!

2010 Race Schedule:

July 3 – Liberty 5K
July 18 – Carrollton Runners Club 5K

August 15 – The Hottest Half – 10K
August 29 – Carrollton Runners Club 5K

September 5 – Old College Tri – Sprint distance Triathlon
September 26 – Heels and Hills – 1/2 marathon

October 10 – Toyota Open Olympic Distance Triathlon
October 23-24 – Livestrong Challenge Austin Texas – 5K and 45mile bike ride
October 30 – Plano Pacers 10K

November 14 – Fort Worth Half Marathon
November 25 - Dallas Turkey Trot 8 miler

December 11 – White Rock Half Marathon

2009 Results

April 19 – My First Tri Total Time 1:07:35 (11/38 in age group)
300m swim, 6 mile bike, 2m run

July 2009 – Playtri festival sprint distance – Total Time: 1:31:00 (56/74 )
500m swim, 12m bike, 3.1m run

August 2009 – Tri the Rock – Total Time 1:44:34 (the hardest bike ever) (88/109)
300m swim, 14m bike, 3m run

September 2009 – Benbrook Womens Tri -Total Time 1:01:40 (bike was cut short due to rain) (19/27)
300m swim, 14m bike, 3.1m run

October 2009 – Livestrong Challenge Austin – 5K run and 20mile bike (un-timed event)

November 2009 – Turkey Trot 5K 38:06 (129/188 – fun run with Yorkie – we stopped to take pics, etc)

2010 Races:

April 2010 – Lake Highlands 5K – 34:10 (16/32 in age group)