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43 times around the sun and today was one of the BEST days of my life!
I am now officially a triathlete! Got to tell you…I really like the sound of that.
RACE DAY REFLECTIONS
- Got up at 4:00 am and journaled to God.
- Trying to communicate gratitude to God was emotional. How do you express thanks to someone like God? Basically, I told Him this…Thank you for helping and encouraging and kicking my butt thru this whole journey. I love you.
- Ate the breakfast of champions…oatmeal.
- I also ate bananas…they are a racer’s friend.
- Loaded up with the fam…headed off to the course.
- Registered and set up transitions stations
- My worst nightmare…they replaced the swim with a run
- Canceled the swim because of the surf (Hurricane Kyle and rip currents)
- I like swimming…I hate running.
- Second worst nightmare. No iPods. I can’t run without my worship jams
- Not cool…1.5 mile run, 15 mile bike, 5 k…No iPod.
- My goals? Don’t quit or stop and FINISH THE RACE.
- Made the first 1.5 mile…had to pick up my pace…old guy was beating me.
- Coolest thing ever to hear my family cheering for me!
- They all ran aside me with their posters and kept cheering!
- I definitely had the BEST cheering out of 700 traithletes
- Did I tell you I like the sound of that?
- Got on my Pee Wee Herman modified bike
- 15 miles here I come!
- Suffering from Railroad Tracks Phobia since my spill.
- Had to ride over 2 railroad tracks…made it…almost crashed on the bridge
- Saw about 4 bikers crash. Yikes!
- Half way on bike…feeling OK
- 3/4 of the way on bike…hamstrings hurting…stinking Pee Wee Herman bike!
- Old guy just passed me…he has a better bike!
- Finishing up with my bike. Debbie and the kids are screaming like crazy!
- I’m blessed.
- I like swimming. I hate running.
- Here I go…if I quit…this will be the leg
- I miss my iPod
- Kept going thru Scripture in my head (Heb. 12:11) (1Cor. 9:24) (Heb. 12:1-3)
- Same old guy keeps passing me…he has an iPod! Not Cool!
- Half way…haven’t stopped…water table…needed that!
- Can’t believe I’m almost done…insane that 6 weeks ago I was 40 lbs heavier
- I can’t see the crowd yet, but I hear them…getting very emotional
- Picking up the pace as fast as I can now. I see the finish line ¼ mile away
- I can now hear Debbie and the kids…running as hard as I can!!!!!
- I’m a basket case!
- Thinking about tripping the old guy…just kidding…I did pass him!
- I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Footage to come…from Devin…enjoy the pics
I asked my bride and kids to refer to me now as Triath-a-MAN. I think I’ll copyright that since I just made that up.
