Chris's sister Clay, Endre and Maren came to visit us in San Francisco and watch Caden while we were fortunate enough to get away and participate in the Wildflower Triathlon. I did the Mountain Bike Tri - a .25 mile swim, 10 mile bike ride (off road) and 2 mile run. Chris did the long course - 1/2 ironman distance - 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride and 13.1 mile run. We camped out the night before in our tent, then both did our race on Sunday. All was going well with the race, but on the way to my second loop, I totally biffed it on a steep rocky hill. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I got pretty banged up and scraped up my hand pretty good! It's a good thing I was wearing pants, so I avoided a lot of road rash on my tumble. I got bandaged up at the next aid station and kept on going. Then about a mile into the run, I literally "ran" into Chris. He came up behind me, asked what happened, was glad I was okay, gave me a big hug, and ran another 12 miles to the finish! It was quite an experience. Not sure if I'll ever ride a mountain bike again...I think that was my first and last time ever! I'll stick to my road bike from now on. Anyways, here are some pictures from the Tri and Maren and Caden.
Playing with Cousin Maren
Getting a bite to eat!
Cutie's in the bath!
Someday they'll look back on this and think it is funny!
Chris's sister Clay, Endre and Maren came to visit us in San Francisco and watch Caden while we were fortunate enough to get away and participate in the Wildflower Triathlon. I did the Mountain Bike Tri - a .25 mile swim, 10 mile bike ride (off road) and 2 mile run. Chris did the long course - 1/2 ironman distance - 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike ride and 13.1 mile run. We camped out the night before in our tent, then both did our race on Sunday. All was going well with the race, but on the way to my second loop, I totally biffed it on a steep rocky hill. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but I got pretty banged up and scraped up my hand pretty good! It's a good thing I was wearing pants, so I avoided a lot of road rash on my tumble. I got bandaged up at the next aid station and kept on going. Then about a mile into the run, I literally "ran" into Chris. He came up behind me, asked what happened, was glad I was okay, gave me a big hug, and ran another 12 miles to the finish! It was quite an experience. Not sure if I'll ever ride a mountain bike again...I think that was my first and last time ever! I'll stick to my road bike from now on. Anyways, here are some pictures from the Tri and Maren and Caden.
Playing with Cousin Maren
Getting a bite to eat!
Cutie's in the bath!
Someday they'll look back on this and think it is funny!
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