On a stage in front of 600 PEOPLE!

So last night my co instructor, his lovely lady, and I went to a show called Backfence PDX. It's an unrehearsed storytelling show like The Moth. It was so fun and the stories were hilarious. The theme was "Our Bodies" which is easily my favorite topic of all time. For everything. So I was really enjoying myself.
At intermission they announce that there will be an audience lightning round and you can put your name in a jug if you want and if it's drawn you can tell a one minute story with the theme "Our Bodies" in front of the 600 people audience. 5 people would be drawn.
Of course I go and put my coinstructor's (who is an amazing story teller. Riding bikes with him is like a hilarious personal podcast)name in. Then Surprise! I find out his ladyfriend has put both my and her names in the jug. shit.
So we come back from intermission and THEY CALL MY NAME! I have never spoken to 600 people at once and that was about to change.
It was easily one of the most nervous and exciting experiences I've had lately.

But here's to going for it! The five of us who were drawn went up on stage and lined up (coinstructor and ladyfriend were not picked) The sweat ran cold and fast as I listened to the first story. I told a little story about blowing out a wetsuit that was too small for me and ended up realizing I had a blast once I got back to my seat. I smiled all the way home on my night bike.

Training: Good, splitting it around work, today is run at lunch and afterwork. Yesterday was bike at lunch, afterwork and afterstoryshowdown. Tomorrow is drills and swimming with Belle. Highlights have been: people that run in full sweatsuits make me feel like I'm in their training montage, boathouse lights on the river, night biking with coinstructor along the springwater corridor, and Dogs, dogs, dogs.