My Favorite Training Partners

Today I had a club swim in the morning which is a really fun, tough workout. Once I got home, we decided to take the boys for a "family swim". Hayden and I have been talking about doing some training in the pool together ;) and I've been asking Tabor if he could teach me how to do a flip turn. So, here's Tabor and I doing the breaststroke together.

This picture makes me smile for a few reasons.....the most obvious one is how cool it is that my son and I are swimming together. The funny part is that the first triathlon I did, I swam the breaststroke the whole time-didn't quite have the whole "freestyle" thing down yet. Tabor was a natural at the breast stroke from the get go, he's got a good whip-kick, it was fun to "draft" off of him doing the breast stroke in the pool today.

And he showed me his butterfly (he's way better at it than I am) and he helped me with my flip turns. The last flip turn I did he gave me a "thumbs up" and a smile of course. He actually had some great tips for me and was proud to teach Mom a few tricks. I absolutely loved the opportunity to swim with Tabor today.

Hayden got a bloody nose and I had to take him to the women's locker room (which he protested at first) to clean him up. Then, he decided he'd much rather swim around and play than work on his breathing. Oh well, maybe next time. Either way, I'd train with these boys any day......they're a lot of fun.

Friday Night Skiing

Since I had to get yesterday's ride in today, we couldn't ski during the day while the kids were in school. So, I roped Annie and Haley into joining me for a night ski. Annie is always game for a ski and Haley didn't need much coaxing even though she ski's and trains a ton.

Here's Annie applying her "warming pads" to her feet. There was actually a whole succession of Annie getting ready (about 10 pictures). I think Annie and I would be the only ones that appreciated the humor in the pictures so I left them out......but I'll tell ya, it's quite a system she's got.

Here's Coops and I. Haley is the one that got Annie and I skiing in the first place. She brought her camera along on the trail but I'm waiting on those photos from her.......I will add them once she sends them over.

We skied for about 2 hours and it was another beautiful moonlit night with a few hoots and hollers in there too. Who knew Winter could be this much fun?