Last weekend Todd did the Spudman Tri. It was quite the day for him. He was in the 7th and final heat to start (they were supposed to start at 8:00 am). It took me a while to get the kids up and going in the morning and by the time we got there we had to park down at T1 (1 mile away from the start) so rather than try to get all 4 kids to the start in 15 minutes I ran with Sophie down to the start and left the other 3 kids with Grandma Johnson. I ran as fast as I could being out of shape and carrying Sophie in a wrap and got there right when they said "2 minutes" they got down to the 30 second warning and then the racers just sat there for a few minutes before the race official said they were missing a swimmer and it would be a few minutes. Slowly everyone started coming to the side and then they were all out of the water, taking off wetsuits, hitting the porta potties, etc. I found Todd and we waited....it didn't take long before they said the swimmer didn't make it and that they found the body. What a horrible thing to have happen at a race you are in. So they changed the last heat to a Duathalon (bike and run only) and all the racers walked the mile down to their bikes.
Todd said the bike portion was a little crazy since they all started together. It took several miles before they could get up to speed and then it was hard not to ride in packs. Todd had an awesome bike time.
The run was killer since they started so late it was HOT HOT HOT! Todd did a great job on his run especially considering he pulled his hamstring water skiing 2 weeks ago and it was very tight the entire 6 miles!
I couldn't be prouder of him and I can't wait until next year when we can do a race together!!!
The great part about the spudman is that it falls on the same weekend as Todd's grandpa's b-day party so we get to spend the rest of the weekend in Twin Falls with lots of Todd's extended family. While we were there the kids went to the motel swimming pool and Tayson showed off his newly acquired swimming skills....look at him go!
