Magali Tisseyre #118...and my pic in Tri Magazine!!!

See this lady on the bike...her name is Magali Tisseyre...Mags for short...she also has a few other cute names that I have heard her called. Chloe and I first heard about her when we were on our way to watch IM Boise...Linsey was racing and so was her friend and teammate, Mags. Linsey always only says good things about people, so when she mentioned we needed to watch Mags be the speedy "Mighty Mouse" on the bike...we were prepared to see her and Linsey zoom by!!!

As soon as the swim was over, it started to rain big time...and I mean pouring down rain!! Chloe and I were the only ones out on the bike course watching in no mans land... Such super spectator fans we are...Thank goodness the mom in me always carries an umbrella...and with my partner named Chloe trying her hardest to keep the rain off my camera...I started to take photos. Chloe said that the pros thought I was the press..haha..cause as they all passed I got huge smiles...from all of them including Mags as she was going by...

Cool pic I took

Well Mags took the win that day...with the fastest half IM split in the world...and I got a picture of her in the rain doing it!! I sent her the pictures...she posted them...and I was contacted by her bike sponsor... and Tri Magazine...and her Coach Paul from Lifesports...and the rest is history...Yep I made history that rainy day in Boise...lil ol me with my camera that some people have made fun of me about in the past :) My picture was a full page picture of her in Triathlete Magazine Canada last month... and I have been wanting to brag about it ever since :)

See the World Championships for the Half Ironman is this weekend in Clearwater, Florida...and I will tell you that our eyes and favorite to take the womens win is #118, Mags. Cause not only is she fast, she is as nice as can be!! We are betting sweet treats and coffee on her!!!

A big thanks to Rich Cruse and Coach Paul for "paying it forward", after all, isn't that what we shoud be doing???

Race for the Cure...and my 1st timing chip!!!

Thanks to events like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure... A nice fall day... a few good friends...and a time to reflect. What more could you ask for when the sun is a shining and this great community that I live in has a 5 mile run/walk to help support breast cancer awareness... A wonderful friend and lady named Mary Lou Piazza was the one that brought this race/walk to CDA... Mary Lou and I had worked together during her first bought with breast cancer... I will never forget when Chloe was born and she called me from Seattle... while she was getting a bone marrow transplant... Her concern was did I have a healthy little girl and how was "I" doing. Never to concerned about herself... Mary Lou Piazza

While most people are thinking about Veterans Day, I have been thinking about Mary Lou. See, she was my hero and still is. She passed away January 12, 2009...at the age of 59.
Mary Lou beat breast cancer twice, in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s...
She was an eternal optimist, looking to help anyone and everyone. Her smile brightened any and every room she entered... Mary Lou made the most of every day. She loved her family... she loved the community she lived in...she was just one of those kind of women that you want to be!!

Anyway Laurie, Carla, and I walked that walk... With laughter... pride... giggles...and thoughts of people that have battled battles far worse than we have...my thoughts most of that nice fall day were of Mary Lou...ok and my 1st timing chip... under an hour... but the course was flat (I think that is what you runners say). My hope for today...is for everyone to try and make it a day to reflect on someone besides themselves...it is hard, but I know you can do it :)

Me and Laurie

Sweet Pink Bike!!

Laurie, me, & Carla

Peter & "He thinks he can dance"

Now that Peter is in High School, some of the stuff that comes with it are, well funny and fun...Peter had a Homecoming dance that he informed me about 3 hours prior to the dance. It went like this. "Mom, I have a dance tonight and I, um can't find that one shirt I had, you know the one nice one, other than my tee shirts, can you look for me?" I put on the good mom hat and went and looked in his closet. "Nope, I don't see it Peter", I said. "Great mom, you probably gave it way since I didn't wear it" Pete said, giving me the look of disquist in his eye.

Next thing I know, we are down at Buckle looking for a shirt... new jeans...and a new belt. See the kid is soooo skinning that they fall down a bit, I know the style is low, but not that low, and when you don't have a butt to start with...well you get the picture, I bought him the belt along with a couple pair of jeans, and a nice shirt. The good thing about Peter, is we did all our shopping in a record time of an hour, got back home in time for him to shave...yep that is another story...not to sure when that started, maybe when I went to Hawaii...and Mike decided to buy him a razor, or was it just some men bonding time...

Anyway I picked up his friends, Chance and Nate, stopped for pictures along the way, and dropped them off at the High School. Things have changed a bit since my day...all along I thought he had a date...nope, these days they just hook up with the girls...dance with everyone...get all sweaty...and then call Dear Ol Mom to come get them... At the end of the night, Peter kissed me good night and said "You know Mom, I am a pretty good dancer". And that I guess, is what is important when you go to your first dance!!

Kona Slide Show

We had so many pictures to share of the time in Hawaii, I thought you all might enjoy the slide show. To bad I can only put 50 pics at @ time on it...

Ironman World finish line in Kona

See the energy in this video from the finish line in Kona at midnight!! Chloe and I were right there, by the fire dancers. It was unreal, like your very own concert, only watching athletes that had been on the course all day and to watch them come across the finish line and here Mike Riley say "You are an Ironman" By far one of the coolest moments of our day. This was a "Bucket List " day for sure...enjoy

Dinner in Kona

This is for all the ice cream lovers of the world. We managed to spend $17.00 for dinner on ice cream/frozen yogurt in Kona. What a nice way to end a hot day!! The cost was by the ounce :)

Kona and our Kate...

We like to call her "Our Kate"...she is a speedy pro...a funny lady...a delightful athlete...our fav of all favs...and most of all our friend. This would be the 4th time we have seen her race...and each time she has always made time for us. Even in Kona, that race of the big times... She always appears to be laid back and I think she is...just wants to get on with the day of racing. After having her with us for a week or so in CDA...I think I know abit about what she likes and what she doesn't. Ya the inside is always helpful :) I wouldn't ever give away her secrets...as she really has none..and after all she is just all about goodness...really really. We know she likes coffee...check, we made sure she had that...We know she likes a good meal...check, we had dinner with her with a lot of laughs about umbrellas and rainbows...We know she likes to have Jeff around, check we made sure of that (OK we had nothing to do with that part of it), We know she likes to see curly faces on the street, check we made sure of that, and we made sure we were her cheering squad on race day. Oh and after the race, we made sure to deliver ice cream, cause well we know for sure she likes that!!

After the race, we went to Kate's and Jeff's place, met Kate's twin Emma via skype, weird as they were both twirlin their hair the same :) and both had the same expressions...both looked exhausted after the race...and they both look just like each other..other than Emma is prego and Kate is not...The after race party with Jeff is always good...Had a beer with him...I dont drink beer... but had to because well, it is not every day that I get to have a good cold one with an Aussie named Jeff!!! Oh how we do luv Kate and Jeff!!! Another memory in Kona...Chloe called it a "10 Day"...thanks for sharing it with us.