"Tri-ing" Something New!

Suffice it to say that we had a really great time in the thriving metropolis of Burley, Idaho. It's a small town in the SW corner of the state - full of potato fields and cowboys. But, it does have the Snake River that runs through it and that's why we chose the Vikingman Triathlon as the ideal spot to "try" our first triathlon. Parker and I signed up for the Olympic distance - 1500m swim, 40km bike (turned out to be 46k) and 10km run (turned out to be 12k through a cow pasture). Dave, and his cousin Bruce decided they were up for a bigger challenge and entered the Half Ironman - which we now call the 70.3 (which is how many miles they complete) because Bruce pointed out that saying you complete half of something sounds a little less than remarkable. He's got a point! They swam 1800m, biked 80k (more like 90k) and ran 13 miles. If I say that we had a lot of "fun", would you believe me? Actually, we did. Thanks to all who helped us train and cheered us on - especially Amy - the best one person support crew anybody could ever ask for. She prayed so hard for us that none of us would get a flat tire on the bike. She has a lot of faith because none of us did! Unfortunately, she got two on her bike as she biked all around tying to follow us and throw us food, water or whatever else we might need. I think she did more miles than the rest of us that day!

I'm pretty sure we'll be back to "try" again. We may all be addicts now!