Our YMCA Connection

I was reading through our posts today and realized that we have never really explained how we became connected.

Shortly after moving to Hamilton, I joined the YMCA and started swimming with the masters team. Within a few weeks I had decided to join the YMCA triathlon group, a new group that had started for beginner triathletes. Evan was in that same group. I was new to the city and Evan very shy and so it was not until May of 2007 that we first spoke and immediately there was a connection. We began dating shortly after, have been together ever since, and will be moving into our first home this coming spring.

We train together on a very tight schedule. A usual day begins for us at about 5 am when we are our of bed and on the way for a run, spin or swim before work. We usually finish off the night with a couple more hours of training before packing up our lunches and heading to bed by 10:30. Life involves an extreme amount of planning and scheduling. We attempt to prepare all of our meals for the week on Sunday so that we can fit in our training throughout the week. It's tough but if we didn't, we would live on PB and J! (Even though we do tend to eat quite a few)

Training and coaching each other definitely has it's ups and downs. There are times when Evan is having a bad day, and I am able to pick him up or vice versa, however the problem comes when both of us reach lows. We try our best never to go to bed angry! This I am sure is one of the secrets to our success. I am sure people wonder how we can spend so much time together, but to be honest I wouldn't have it any other way.

Cheers,

Deanne

OH YEAH.....

WHY WE TRI?

Because we have each other!!!!!