Iron Girl Duathalon

Lisa and I survived the duathalon! For some reason, we make rash decisions about doing events to 'motivate' ourselves to exercise and possibly lose some weight. This was an Iron Girl event where we ran 2 miles, biked 22.7 miles and then ran 2 at the end. The course was EXTREMELY hilly and it hurt pretty bad when we had to do the 2nd loop of the bike course.

Lisa and I stayed in a hotel the night before to relax and save ourselves a few hours in the morning to get to Bloomington. It was a fun girls night/day and the race...now that it's over...was a lot of fun!

I made shirts for Nadia and Nora to cheer us on. They loved watching all of the runners/bikers and danced to the music. It was fun!

Daddy's Helper

Darren is on to his next project and Nadia has loved helping him. She loves to ride in the wheel barrel and play in the dirt!

Our neighbors have a 9 year old girl, Lauren who Nadia adores. They were going for a walk the other day.

Palooza!

Our friends, Lee and Shelly have a summer get together every August at their home in Wisconsin. This year was a blast! The weather was perfect and the company was even better. Nadia enjoyed playing with her friends Nora, Kendall and Ava. Here are a few pics from the day...

Darren bought a VW Bug for Nadia from our neighbors. She LOVES it and also loves when someone rides with her...

Muddy Buddy

Our old neighbors, Andy and Jenn talked Darren and I into doing the Muddy Buddy. For those of you who haven't heard of this, it's a 6 mile race where you partner with somebody. One person starts out riding a bike and the other runs. After about a mile, there is an obstacle course and then you switch with your partner. At the end of the course there is a 30 foot mud pit that you and your partner have to army crawl through to finish. It was a blast, but very hard!!

The event took place at a ski resort in MN which should have been my first clue. We went straight up the ski slope for 2 legs of the 4 leg race. It was so steep that the bikers had to push their bikes up the mountain...ok, we do live in MN so it was more like a very steep hill!

We hadn't hung out with Andy in Jenn in quite a while and made the mistake of staying up a bit too late the night before and possibly having a few too many cocktails. It made for a tough race, but was well worth it! :)