Katie's Triathlon - August 2

Those of you who know me, know that I am not much of a writer, and even less of a “blogger.”  However, this last weekend I was so proud of Katie and her accomplishments that I wanted to be the one to write this post.  On Sunday, Katie completed the “Tri For a Cure” at Cherry Creek State Park to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  Katie and about 3,400 of her friends swam 750 meters (twice the distance that I swam in my triathlon), biked 11.6 miles, and ran 3.1 miles – mostly up a long hill.  Katie did AWESOME!  She beat the time she was going for by almost 30 minutes!   I was very proud of her and glad that all of her hard work and preparation had paid off. 

All prepped for the big race. We woke up at 3:45am and drove up to Aurora. Katie woke up energized and ready to race. It may be the only day of her life that she woke up a “morning person.” The bikes and transition stations had to be set up before 7am, which is when wave one began the race.

One of these things is not like the others.  Katie was ready for victory before she even started.

Its like “Where’s Waldo?” …except it is “where is the really beautiful mother of two?”

This is a stick-up!  Just kidding, just a group stretch to calm everyone’s nerves.

And they’re off…

As Conner would say, “Go Mommy, Go!”

I looked closely for Katie coming out of the water.  As other girls slowly walked up the ramp Katie came running full steam.  What a stud.

Katie was so fast on her bike that I missed her at the start but saw her finish strong.

Ok folks, does she even look tired?  WOW! 

Our friend Dave encouraged Katie to crush her competition.   These next few pictures demonstrate “the evolution of the crush.”

Eyeing the finish line.

Both kids were very proud of Mommy. Grace was sporting her “My Mom Tri’s Hard” shirt and was so happy to see her smiling face.  Conner thought Katie’s medal was sooo cool.

My wife is AMAZING.  I was so happy to be there and show how much I loved her. Great job, Babe!