We arrived at 8:15 am. It was a beautiful day!
I tagged along with 6 kids so we could take pictures and cheer for our men! WAY TO GO DADS!!!
It started with a brisk swim (from my point of view). Guys said it wasn't that bad...would they have said other?
Somewhere amongest the splashes Paul and Pete are swimming.
While they swam the kids played in the sand, had a snack and played on the playground.
The kids were troopers as we sat for hours to cheer everyone on.
Here they are off to have a little bike ride (Pete fell during this leg of the race-he walked back but continued the race for the last leg which is the run.)
After what felt like an eternity: some crying, sleeping, a tree, some rock throwing which led to swimming, a very tired mom with 6 kids Paul finally appeared!
We waited for Pete but where was he...Finally he arrived looking a bit haggered.
Good job guys you did it!!!
After some pukes, first aid, some plums to keep his blood sugar up, a blanket to keep him warm after he went into shock and got all pale on us, he finally was able to get into the car. 6 hours later we went home!
(Sugar coated version)
THE END
Oh by the way for those who know them Sandy Ostler competed in the Sprint (shorter version of what Paul did) and Kent Arbon did the Olympic (like Paul & Pete). Way to go you guys!!!
3 comments:
way to go Paul...and guys! that's no small feat. i'm jsut trying to do a 10k and that's quite the goal right now. hope you guys are well! Lauren
good job guys!! So who went to shock Peter, Paul or you??? you had all six kids by yourself?!?!?!?!?! Brave!! I know for sure that two of those are busy little ones!!!
I'm sorry, but no triathlon photos are complete without the one of Bill being helped out of the water (the very last person out of the water, in fact). Paul will have to do the Spudman next year with all the other brave souls - Nate, Dan, Joel were the only ones this year.
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