Triathlon

This summer I did my first sprint distance triathlon at the Xango Echo Triathlon. I had entirely too much fun doing and vowed to do more.

I went with Derrek. We were both doing our first tri and we were both quite lost. We just followed people around and tried to look cool. He succeeded. I have his phone # if you want it.



I have to give credit to Heather for talking me into to doing this. She is the coolest. And quite the amazing racer.




I pulled out my dad's 8-10 year old Bianchi Eros (which is handmade in Italy with full Campy group set) and started my training. As you can imagine training while doing residency is quite a challenge. Especially when you decide to start night classes again and start dating a super cool young lady.

This is the Bianchi. :)

This is the young lady...Bonnie.




The next tri was a fairly disorganized affair down at Yuba Lake. It was all in all pretty dang fun. I put together a group of like 9 of us to do it. We all finished. We were all pretty happy. Bonnie unfortunately tore her elbow up after a nasty spill on the bike. But yes she did complete the race with a great time for a first time.

Yuba Crew



Yuba Start




Me on my bike...


I am flying!


Derrek at the finish


At the finish line!!


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Bonnie's Arm




Had such a great time that weekend that my buddy Spence and I decided to do the Ogden Valley Tri the next weekend. This tri was great. The set up was beautiful. We swam in Pineview. And then biked around the lake. The run was half on the road and then half on a trail through some trees that was just off the road. This was by far my fav of the three races for the year. I didn't cramp, and I biked super well.


This is Spence in the official Tri Pose





You will notice that my gear gets progressively better as I decided to spent lots of money. You will also notice that my body does not improve.



So what is next???

Well I basically now need to really need to build a better endurance base. I have never been a runner or a biker or a swimmer. So I have a ton of work to do. I am currently taking a beginner's Tri course from the U in the mornings. My instructer is the really cool and Ironwomen and triathlon successful Summer.

I love this sport. It is doeable by anyone in any reasonable shape. Don't be scared of the swim.... Join me if you like!!

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One year

One year. The amount of time off from Blogging that I have just taken. In that year, it seems that everyone has one. Yea for people writing stuff down. I wonder if journal writing has suffered.

I am sitting in the Family Medicine Team Room at on the 3rd floor of Primary Children Medical Center. I just ate a baked potato and am drinking Orange-Mango juice. Oh yeah, and I just wrote an order for a 5 year old to get one unit of blood.

This is my last month of my first year of being a resident. One year of getting used to people calling me doctor. One year of getting a little bit upset at relatives and friends introducing me as, "This is Rick. He is a doctor."

One year of feeling sooooo inadequate at times to even pretend to being a physician. One year of screw-ups. Writing the wrong order. Being tired. And just wanting to leave the hospital. One year of getting more confident in clinic. One year of having a good time with the nurses, HUCs and medical assistants. One year of listening to other residents complain and moan. One year of loving each other when we can.

One loooooooong year of set-ups, blind dates, first dates, phone numbers, facebook messages, flirxting, dumb parties, ward "prayers", failed relationships, false starts.

One year of new friends, growing, changing, decorating, cleaning, ultimate games, bike rides, soccer matches, dancing, first dates, kisses, capitol steps, monitors and tv.

I have fantastic friends, family, and coworkers.

In the last year I have been the happiest when Liam freaks out when he sees me, delivering beautiful babies, on the top of O'Sullivan Peak, dancing with Amanda in the kitchen, giving reassurance to that 28 year old that wanted a full body CT, Andy showing me how to buzz my head, getting compliments on my new glasses, helping my sister in the ER, sleeping on foam pads in my newly purchased condo, diagnosing shingles for the first time, watching Iron Man, paying off that first little student loan, just being around for the important family events.

I love my mom alot.

This post is dedicated to Dani and Jo. The two who have bugged me the most to write.

Rick