Aflac Iron Girl

On May 15, 2010 my friend Cami and I (Cassie) participated in the Aflac Iron Girl Lake Las Vegas Women's Triathlon. This was 800 Meter Swim - 30K Bike - 5K Run.

This race has been by far one of my most FAVORITE triathlons I have ever done. It was a womens only event, which made it kind of unique. There were just so many added perks that made it so much fun. There was an expo at check in where we got some free-bees. When we got out of the lake from our swim, they handed us hand towels, and that was a first for me! At the finish line we got our finishers medal, ice cold sponges, water, Gatorade and recovery chocolate milk. After the race there was a nice breakfast for all the racers. Like I said, just some little perks that made it so much fun! I will definiately do this race again, or another Iron Girl in another city!

It was so nice to do this race with my friend Cami, even if she did finish like a half hour before me! But it was great to see her, and hopefully we can do another one together next year...make it an annual thing.

I went to check in and rack my bike the day before the race so I decided I would drive the bike course. I was seriously SO scared, it was like 11 miles uphill, and then 7 miles down hill. I was so concerned with the bike, I didn't even worry about the run....and that was what killed me. The first mile of the run was basically downhill, the second was up and down, and the last mile, you had to run back UP the hill you came down...not fun at ALL, and I had to walk more than I would like to admit. The swim was OK. I got caught up in a lot of people and and to stop mid swim to go around people, etc. I think next time I will go on the outside where there are less people, even if it does makes the swim a little longer.

Here are my results

bib number:	481
gender:	F
location:	Saint George, UT
overall place:	270 out of 645
division place:	38 out of 81
gender place:	270 out of 645
time:	2:13:21
pace:	0:
swim:	19:50
tran1:	7:09
bike:	1:12:01
tran2:	2:15
run:	32:05
penalty:	0:

And for more pictures go to http://www.asiorders.com/view_user_event.asp?EVENTID=63125&BIB=481
Though some of those people are not me!

SWIM
Though I am probably not in any of these pictures, and even if I was, you couldn't tell, but you get the point





BIKE




RUN



AT THE FINISH WITH CAMI

Fife Family Trip to Zion

At the end of March we went to Zion with David's family. Randy and his family were there as well as Papa Craig, Grandma Teresa and Uncle B, unfortunately Tim and his family could not join us, and they were missed.

We rented a cabin/house just outside of Zion. It was a huge house so there was plenty of room for all of us. During the day we would go hiking in Zion and then go back to the house and relax in the hot tub. After those long days, Connor and Skyler were so worn out, they would go right to bed.

We really had a lot of fun while on this trip.

Bryan was determined to bring this log from the other side of the river, and finally Papa Craig went in as reinforcement, shoes and all. They finally got the log over.


Picnic lunches every day


Look out point



Papa Craig and Cassie's classic muscle photo op



The twins had a lot of fun throwing rocks in to the river, we learned that Sky has quite an arm! He had a blast doing this, and could stay there all day if we let him.



Fife Fam



The kids!
Imagine how hard it was to get this shot!



Who is that in the distance...Grandma Teresa and Randy?






The little ones had it easy riding in the back packs. Bryan was such a trooper and always had one of the twins...like he had a choice though. I (Cassie) tried to carry them, and they wanted nothing to do with me!



Chilling at the water falls

More ZION photos




The deer we saw on our way home to the cabin



EATER EGG HUNT

The Easter Bunny fame while we were at the cabin. The kids made out like Bandits...and so did the animals, who scored a few eggs left out on the porch







While at the house, the boys would have so much fun playing outside. They like the snow, and loved to make snowballs. Connor would dribble the basketball, and it was really impressive. They also would trek through the mud, and that drove me nuts. Connor decided once to park it in a sticker bush, and wasn't too thrilled with that outcome. Luckily somebody brought tweezers.

Sky at Gymnastics

Skyler has been taking gymnastics classes for the past few weeks. He loves jumping down the loooonnnggg trampoline, but doesn't really do it the way he is supposed to. He has fun learning on the bar. He also enjoys jumping on the trampoline and doing his sit-down/stand-ups. He is one of the only kids in the class that can almost do it. Skyler does really well with taking turns and listening to the teacher. While Skyler is in gymnastics, Connor is in the Community Center's day car which has a park...so he would rather be there anyway...and sometimes I think Skyler would prefer to be there as well! On Fridays they do an open gym, so I sneak Connor in to that, so they both get to kinda run around and do what they want.

On the long trampoline


practicing his sit-down/stand-ups with his coach
before attempting on his own


Waiting his turn with the other kids in the class


Hanging from the bar


Trying to smell his nose

Fun at the pool

We have been having a lot of fun spending time at the pool. They closed the pool we normally go to, so we haven't been going as much in the evenings, but we are trying to pick up the habit again. During the day a different pool has a parent/tot swim time where they open up the little kid section of the pool. The boys love to go down the slides. It is nice to go at this time because we don't have a lot of competition, which we would have here in the evenings.

Skyler and Connor


Connor


Connor


Skyler


Skyler

New Years Eve

For New Year's Eve we went to a friends house and did some dinner and fireworks. It took the boys a minute to get comfortable with the fireworks, but once they did, they loved them, and were sad when they stopped.


Sky and David




Connor enjoys watching the show