Little Miss Runner Pants: duathlon in photos.

oookay. um. i don't look TOTALLY FREAKING AMAZING in spandex. i just wanna throw that out there. like many women of latina descent...

i am curvy.

so, to bring my stock back up, i'm ending the photo show with one of the after-race, after-shower, after-nap photos.

fair is only fair, ya know!?

with that said.. on to the show!

here we have some dude who belongs to Transition Chick, Transition Chick, me, and 4th Place Guy.

4th place as in..... "i had a really bad race today... i only came in 4th".

he's really speedy. so he sucks!

my first body marking experience. i was excited.

apparently... i was really excited.

and maybe enjoyed it a little too much. i dunno...!!?!

my very first race start photo! i'm um.... way out there in front! yeah! in the yellow! see!?!? yup. thats me!

coming into transition one with Trans Chick Friend.

again. really excited to be there. can you say NEWBIE much!? sheesh.

loop three, climbing up that first hill of DEATH!

see all those people i just passed!? i'm practically winning the thing!

i also really enjoy pig tails.

what can'ya do?!

second run.

still running on that second run. it now hurts.... bad.

coming into the finish. again... with the smile. I WAS JUST SO EXCITED!

i sort of look like one of those really cheesy catalog pictures of people that are running.. but they look so happy, you don't actually believe they're running.

except this time.. i really am running.

or at least trying to, anyway... !

booyah. my first multi-sport medal. that's 0% on the left, and biker chick on the right. they are numbuh one stunnuh's because they came out to cheer me on! (and, you know... the rest of the KCM club.

but whatever.

details.)

me and MU girl, well after the race is done, sort of just soaking up the bliss of the day.

aaaaaaaaaaand. as promised. an after-party stock-boosting pic, with me and Party Guy. who also happens to be 4th Place Guy's dad.....

and there ya have it folks. my first duathlon experience in photos.

ta-daaaah!

Comments

Your post reminded me so much of how I felt during my first triathlon ... you could not have scoured that smile off my face with a Brillo pad ... so glad to see you are enjoying the multi-sport life!

Posted by: Cindy J | May 22, 2007 2:49 PM

YOU. LOOK. ASSMAZING!

Posted by: Kim | May 22, 2007 3:00 PM

Curvy is good.

But, . . . did that body marking pen have batteries or something? Are you sure?

Posted by: Greyhound | May 22, 2007 3:12 PM

Hey, there is nothing wrong with smiles all the way...it feels better to smile than frown anyway! And hey, there is nothing wrong with your curves in the spandex...I've seen women that should not wear it, you are not one of them! You weren't kidding about 0% though!

Posted by: Danielle in MN | May 22, 2007 3:16 PM

girl, you look incredibly fit to me!!

Posted by: miss petite america | May 22, 2007 3:57 PM

Awesome race report. I can't wait to hear about your first tri! :) And you are so freaking goregeous I wanna hate you, but I can't. :)

Posted by: Tough Cookie | May 22, 2007 4:24 PM

great shots of you gettin' er done!

you look all pro in your KCM teamkit!!

Posted by: bold | May 22, 2007 4:38 PM

Happy Happy Joy Joy - you look fantastic!

Posted by: 21stCenturyMom | May 22, 2007 4:50 PM

Congratulations!!! And I concur ...curvy is MOLTO BENE!

Posted by: Mark | May 22, 2007 5:46 PM

You look fantastic!! Are you kidding? YOU were MADE for spandex!!

were they making a documentary of you?? You have pictures of every step of the way! Awesome!!! and if they weren't making a documentary, they oughta be!!

you're gorgeous, I hope you know it!

Posted by: jeanne | May 22, 2007 7:21 PM

Way to go! You're experience is making me want to run out and train for a duathlon. Love the pics..you look fantastic!

Posted by: txrunnergirl | May 22, 2007 8:43 PM

Posted by: txrunnergirl | May 22, 2007 8:44 PM

Congrads. Great job! Awesome pictures!

Posted by: Denise "Firefly" | May 22, 2007 9:08 PM

With all that smiling you were doing out on the course, you're really giving Natascha Badmann a run for her money for title of "Most Cheerful Multi-sport Athlete". :-)

Posted by: Cliff | May 22, 2007 9:25 PM

Spandex is good...

Congrats! Despite your descriptions of pain, it seemed like you were able to flash real smiles for the camera, so it couldn't have been TOO bad...

Posted by: The Rover | May 22, 2007 11:28 PM

You sure looked like you had fun. Do we see some tri-'s in your future??

Posted by: jkrunning | May 23, 2007 5:32 AM

KUDOS! You look great out there; I've never seen someone smile as much as you during a race! You're definitely doing something right!!!

Posted by: Joseph Vinciquerra | May 23, 2007 6:01 AM

It looks like you remembered to remove your bike helmet before the second run :-)

Posted by: Danielle in Iowa | May 23, 2007 6:13 AM

Being a runner, dus is what I started with too. I still suck at swimming but tris are a LOT more fun. For one thing, they're a lot easier on the legs.

Keep smiling and start swimming :-)

Posted by: ShirleyPerly | May 23, 2007 7:26 AM

Great pics- thanks for sharing!!

logistical question- did you run in padded bike shorts?

Posted by: chandra | May 23, 2007 7:52 AM

yaay, hawt Ale pics. Glad you had a great time. The body marking guy mustve been hot ;)

Posted by: winz | May 23, 2007 8:16 AM

Great work! All of the above posts are correct...curvy is a GOOD thing!

Posted by: The Fat Runner | May 23, 2007 9:11 AM

You nut!

You are TOOOO CUTE!!!!

Great job you multi-sporter person.