Triathalon

So proud of my little girl she did her first Triathlon. She at first was not a willing participate but I decided it was time that she worked hard for something. It all started with the school field days 2 years ago, it was her first and mine being an observer. I remember the days of my field days, pushing myself to puking determined to win every event(which I never did but I sure tried). I was so excited to watch my daughter push herself. To say I was shocked after the first event an understatement, I did not have tears of joy but I became one of those angry crazy moms that you try to avoid eye contact with at the soccer games. The first event was a 1/4 mile run, the whistle blew the runners were off my heart was racing I was beaming I started to talk to a friend of mine when I started to notice runners coming back I looked out with great anticipation expecting at any moment to see my blue eyed girl sprint through the finish line. I looked and looked and she was no where to be seen, I squinted across the field at what looked to be a girl doing pirouettes and leaps, it was Sam. I was so mad, I took off speed walking across the field got within a few feet from her, she saw me stopped gave me a huge smile and wave, through gritted teeth I told her she better start running and she better do it NOW! With not a care in the world she informed that she was not the last that *Billy*(name has been changed to protect the innocent) was the last one. I looked back at poor Billy, he was wheezing, I am pretty sure his lips were a shade of blue. With teeth clenched I told her that Billy had Asthma and had an excuse. The rest of the field day she did try which was nice, that is all I wanted was for her to at least try.
Field day 2010 was not met with much success either, this year I had both Lexi and Sam in it. I was positive that Lexi would do great because she is super competitive about everything from who ate more than her who did less chores than her ect..... I thought for sure she would be determined to try, once again I spent the whole field day grinding my teeth at the both of them. I just can not relate, I am competitive , I will push myself to the point of seeing stars, what is wrong with my GIRLS!. As I sat stewing I decided that I was going to make them work hard all summer, I thought that if they could see themselves working hard and succeeding that they would maybe want to try more. So enter Triathlon, we started Sam training in June, I was very impressed with how hard she worked, every day she would run or bike and almost every day swim. The day of the event I thought for sure she would chicken out, I know horrible but she usually does. She worked so hard, never gave up pushing herself above and beyond what I thought she could even do. She ended up taking 4th overall and 1st in the girls. I am so proud of her!

My awesome nephew Tanner.