http://www.jeanniesamson.com/balance_-_jeannie_samsons_triathlon_blog.htmJeannie SamsonFri, 15 Jun 2007 16:35:35 GMTMon, 23 Jan 2012 02:46:38 GMTLevelfield http://www.jeanniesamson.com/log/post_299404684_balance_-_jeannie_samsons_triathlon_blog.htm<p>There are 15 days until I compete in Portland, Oregon for the Age-Group National Championship Triathlon.&nbsp; The race is Saturday, June 30.&nbsp;&nbsp; I am very excited about the opportunity to compete at this event.&nbsp; I have worked very hard to be the best I can be, and just being accepted into the race has been a great accomplishment that I am proud of!&nbsp; I have stepped up my commitment to getting enough rest, eating well, training hard, and being confident in my abilities!&nbsp; I got second place at the Danskin Women's Triathlon this past weekend!&nbsp; Congratulations to 14 year old Avery Visser of Austin for her tremendous accomplishment of winning the race!&nbsp; I think she will go far in the sport of triathlon - she is so talented, hard working, and she has GREAT parents!!&nbsp; &nbsp;Next time she will have to compete in the elite wave so I can try to catch her!!&nbsp; Thanks to my husband Jude, two of my kids, Shanti and David, and my parents, Jane and Jack Underhill (who flew in from Virginia), for getting up at 4:30am and starnding in the scorching heat all day to watch me race!!&nbsp;</p>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:35:35 GMT