chefann
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My sister is a nut case.
My twin sister (who is VERY different from me, as those who have met me can attest) is very athletic. She ran track and swam in high school, then attended the Air Force Academy for 2 years. When she and BIL lived in Arizona, they got into cycling, frequently racing events on a racing tandem. Then they were stationed in Germany (BIL is Air Force) and BIL got it in his head that they needed to start doing triathlons.
Not just any triathlons, either - Ironman triathlons. That's 2.4 miles swimming, 112 miles cycling, and 26.2 mile running. All in one day.
My sister has done 7 (I think) Ironman tris. Last summer she and BIL took part in a relay run (well over 100 miles, in fact it might have been 200 and one of the women on their team was an Olympic-hopeful marathoner) over the continental divide in the Rockies. But today she's participating in a very different event, which she's been trying to get into for several years. It's called The Ascent. And it's a marathon (26.2 miles) up Pike's Peak.
My BIL just sent out an email that it's 50 degrees at the base of the mountain today, and pouring rain. It's probably snowing at the peak.
In honor of her expending so much energy today, I'm going to conserve mine and just watch the Olympics on TV all day.
My twin sister (who is VERY different from me, as those who have met me can attest) is very athletic. She ran track and swam in high school, then attended the Air Force Academy for 2 years. When she and BIL lived in Arizona, they got into cycling, frequently racing events on a racing tandem. Then they were stationed in Germany (BIL is Air Force) and BIL got it in his head that they needed to start doing triathlons.
Not just any triathlons, either - Ironman triathlons. That's 2.4 miles swimming, 112 miles cycling, and 26.2 mile running. All in one day.
My sister has done 7 (I think) Ironman tris. Last summer she and BIL took part in a relay run (well over 100 miles, in fact it might have been 200 and one of the women on their team was an Olympic-hopeful marathoner) over the continental divide in the Rockies. But today she's participating in a very different event, which she's been trying to get into for several years. It's called The Ascent. And it's a marathon (26.2 miles) up Pike's Peak.
My BIL just sent out an email that it's 50 degrees at the base of the mountain today, and pouring rain. It's probably snowing at the peak.
In honor of her expending so much energy today, I'm going to conserve mine and just watch the Olympics on TV all day.