Swiss mountain after mountain

Trigirl and family have been up and down the Swiss mountains - Rigi today, Titlis (with snow) a few days ago. Weather beautiful.

Switzerland!

Here are the two Junior Trigirls near the summit of Mount Brunni, Switzerland.

a triathlon at age 8

While practising her cycling with Trigirl, JuniorTrigirl 1 told Trigirl for the second time that she wants to do a triathlon when she is eight.

Trigirl and family watched one of the ITU World Championship Series triathlons on tv today. Junior Trigirl 1 was rather excited that the winner, Alistair Brownlee, is British.

vroom!

Brands Hatch, one of the UK's premier motor sports racing circuits opened its doors this evening to cyclists, inclduing Trigirl and Cycle Chick G (pictured left, just prior to the 'apres ride') . What fun!

Trigirl did 15 laps of 1.2 miles each.

Lurveelly pictures

The Junior Trigirls did these lurveellly pictures for Trigirl yesterday while she was on a one-hour phone call to her 'work friends'. Trigirl did not hear a peep out of the kids for the whole time, so they were rewarded with stickers and sweeties.

The fun of school hols

The Junior Trigirls are very lucky because Trigirl is keeping them very busy in the school holidays. It has been yet another day of fun, fun and yet more fun.

Here is Junior Trigirl 2 showing off her prowess in today's trampolining class.

Trigirl tries running club

Having had mild post-race depression (ie no desire to exercise, can't be bothered to cook or eat healthily, but otherwise OK) for the last week or so, Trigirl felt better today and decided it was time to start exercising again. She realised Tuesday night is running club night, and she has always wanted to give the club a try, so she ran down the road to join in for the first time ever. She ran in a group of about twenty. It was great to be with so many like-minded people.

London again

The Junior Trigirls and friends Z and Z in the V&A today. Trigirl loved Princess Diana's pearl-encrusted dress. The kids loved these statues with full anatomical details, including, ahem, bottoms.

And afterwards in McD's.

yawn

Trigirl is tired. She worked until 2am this morning.

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy Birthday, Dad! Your cards from the Junior Trigirls are scanned below. Unfortunately, Trigirl forgot to post them. You will get the originals...

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More London Tri pics

From last Sunday's race:

Wetsuit about to come off... feeling relaxed on the bike... 50m from the finish line in the Excel Arena.

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strum, strum, strum

This is the sound of Trigirl strumming her fingers on the desk waiting for the so called 'instant' download of her London Tri photos, which she paid for two hours ago. She has fired off a snotty email to the photographer.

Give a big hand to the puppet theatre!

The Junior Trigirls had a lovely time today creating a homemade puppet theatre. Here they are with their puppets - a mermaid princess and a mother and baby dolphin.

They had two stage sets, tickets and seating. They devised various plays for the audience consisting of Trigirl and a collection of soft toys, including two unicorns and a sheep. A very creative day... and all totally their own idea.

Trigirl: London Tri 2009 finisher!

Trigirl put her months of training to the test today by completing the London Triathlon 2009 in 2:59:13. For the first time, she raced at Olympic distance, comprising:

swim 1500m in 41:14
bike 40K in 1:20:27
run 10K in 48:28

She is really pleased that she managed to sneak in under the three-hour mark, and is delighted with her 10K run time - a pb!

Above, the first pictures: Trigirl in her wetsuit on her way to splashsdown in the murky waters of the London Docks, swimming to the start line, and the photoshoot just after the finish line with her biggest fans. (CLICK ON IMAGE FOR ENLARGED VIEW)