Seattle Danskin Triathlon 2010

So fantastic Ali. You are such an inspiration!!

So, so wonderful to read. *I* was nervous reading about the leading up to the race. Does that count? :) Your story gave me chills. Congratulations. Wow.

Holy goosebumps! So fantastic. I love that you have this story of coming home, full circle in a way. Not only back to your geographical roots, but back to your competitive/recreational roots as well. What a gift to give to yourself, as well as to your family. Just amazing :)

Bravo on following through and making this event such a wonderful gift to yourself. :)

Awesome! I was wondering when you were going to post about this -- looks like you had a fantastic day! I felt nervous too and it made me think about my own pre-ride jitters and the 10K run I did with my 10 year old this year. I've been working on my own cycling strength and I've found a lot of good information at www.roadbikerider.com -- there's a lot of good training plans in e-book form if you scroll down. Can't wait to hear about your journey towards next year's event!

Wow...you must still be on cloud nine. Big Congrats...

That's so awesome and inspiring. I've been running on and off this year but I think I might have to enter a race to keep my motivation up...and it looks like such a life-changing experience.
(I can't believe you guys did that in the middle of the heatwave; I was on a short hike yesterday and practically melted!)

Totally awesome Ali! I was never an athlete but I've proved over and over I can do anything I set my mind to. You can too :) Looking forward to seeing what you can do next year.

thank you for all the shared pictures and story of a day of you

Congratulations, Ali!! This is awesome!

I'M SCREAMIN' EXCITED!!!!! So completely awesome!!!!! I feel so proud for & so excited that you accomplished this!! WOO-HOO!!!!!! (Do you really do it all?! 'K, the rest of us are not slackers! Repeat as necessary!) Huge congrats!!!!!!

congratulations, ali!!!
this is so inspiring to me and i love that you have all these photos along the way.

Wow, what an amazing achievement!! Congratulations. I've always been interested in doing something like this but it scares the hell out of me!! It was great to read about what it's like from someone doing it for the first time.
Congrats again!!

So awesome! Congrats!!

great job ali!!!!

My eyes were tearing up just reading this. I too, did my first sprint tri this June. Those amazing feelings of happiness came back to me. It has changed me forever. Good for you. It's not easy with a family to find the balance to accomplish something like this. You are such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing.

woo hoo! go you!!!
you had such a good attitude and perspective going into it and look how wonderfully you were rewarded for that. so glad you fully enjoyed it all.
very much brought back memories and emotions of my sprint tri a few years back here in Federal Way. good stuff!

Great job!!! Super fun! I just did my first sprint tri this weekend too... in Central Oregon. I also can't wait to do another.

Congrats!!!! So excited for you and your new found love to train harder for next years! I just completed my first Triathlon (SLO TRI) a month ago, and now I am hooked! Looking forward to more training and participation!!!! You go!!!
Check out this site for women too:
http://www.irongirl.com/home_211.htm#axzz0wq8yTR1A
or just google irongirl! it's pretty amazing!

so fantastic ali!