race and wreck

Saturday i finally accomplished something i've wanted to do for a long time, i finished my first triathlon!  It really was an awesome experience! i had 3 goals; finish in under 2 hours, never walk, and not collapse and die before the finish line.  i finished in 1 hour and 27 minutes, ran- (VERY slowly) the whole time, and i lived to blog about it.  It was great and definitely worth the work and training.  My heros Coach Patterson and Whitney were amazing in helping me prep, and super encouraging the entire time.  i liked it so much i've got a couple more in mind for the summer!

During the post race glow, Brandon, Deacon, and i were on our way to brunch at the Humburgs.  A lady didn't see a van coming through a 2 way stop and hit them pretty hard sending their van airborne over a curb and into our car head on.  We were pushed into a parked jeep.  All our airbags deployed beating us up pretty good.  My door wouldn't open so i climbed out of the open sunroof.  Brandon jumped out and got Deacon who was really upset.  One lady was taken to the to the hospital, the rest of us were checked out there.   Brandon had a hole burned in his shorts, deacon has some bruises and burns from the seat belt, and i have a seat belt burn, bruised swollen knee, and eye.  We were so lucky it wasn't worse.  i just bought a volvo 3 weeks ago, and we were driving it.  it was a good thing we were in that car.  it's a bummer but it kept us safe.