Dane's 1st Tri

dane, ev, and keith did their first triathlon last saturday on the 3rd at the Orem Rec Center. i was pretty proud that he even did it, considering he didn't train at all. when i say at all, i really mean it. he only practiced on our stationary bike downstairs a hand full of times. once he went running three miles with me and it took him weeks for his foot to stop hurting. plus, he tried on his pair of goggles for the first time the night before. i didn't think he would want to do it but he stuck it out and did it.


dane & keith before the race in the transition area


the gang before the race

the morning was pretty chilly. bray was sleeping over at papa's house so ani and i went to support along with jess & the boys, and kelii & emi. instead of the swim,bike, run--their race was a reverse tri. they run first and swim last. i guess they can't have almost 500 people swimming in the pool all at once. plus the weather was cold so it wouldn't be a good idea for them to be running outside after the swim. it was really hard to find dane in the swimming pool and he couldn't hear us cheering for him through the glass partition. he did good. we were so proud. the only unlucky thing to happen was that his chain fell off the bike during the race. he didn't get to practice much on a road bike. he just bought a nice one on ebay for a good price so he will be biking a lot more. he better. after the race we all went to eat at ihop for brunch.


dane heading off for the biking part


dane heading into the rec center for the swimming

they all did really good. we had so much fun cheering for our spouses/daddies/mommy. it even warmed up towards the end of the race.


after the race


we were thinking we would do another one as couples. girls against the boys. should be interesting. it wouldn't be till spring. most of the tri's are done for the season.

so congrats to dane, ev, & keith!! way to go guys...