Well its over with finally. I finished the Silverman half-ironman after 7 hours and 19 min. There were so many hills, no wonder they call is the most grueling triathlon. My 1.2 mile swim was pretty slow, since i have bad form it hurt my back after a while and then the 56 mile bike i felt a little better but those crazy hills slowed me down for sure and then came the 13 mile run which was my better part, i always can do better in the run even though its last. We swam in Lake Mead it rained the first hour so we started an hour late and then we started the swim and a coupe minutes after it rained again. It was warmer in the water, then the bike was windy and cold but the run was warmer. The weather was the worst part of the whole race but at least we got to do it all, they almost had to cancel the swim part. Can you imagine the full distance ones that swim for 2 miles bike 112 miles and run 26 miles, wow maybe when im retired that would be possible. Most of the people doing the full were retired since they have the money and all day to train. Dannys parents came to watch, it was good to have more fans there. thanks guys! We had a good time with them exploring this part of las vegas. The day before my race though Wesley had a scary fall which turned out to not ne so bad. I freaked out cuz he hit his head on a rock and was bleeding so bad everywhere. Since the head is so vascular it looked worse than it was, we cleaned all the blood and he had 2 little bumps and a small cut. He was fine after when we got home from the event from checking in for the race. anyway there are some pics of the race and of his poor little head you can se the blood on his shirt and the other one is his bath time after, he didnt seem to be in much pain but one week ago he would have been saved by his helmet! well there is probably more bumps and scrapes to come, yikes! The drive back was tiring even though i didnt drive on the way back thanks to danny but it was still tiring. Danny was so kind to suport me in this from the start to the end and especially since it was his birthday this weekend too!
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Congratulations! That is an amazing accomplishment! You guys are up to so many exciting things!
wow! You're amazing!!!! what a great accomplishment! Your arms are so muscly!
that head wound would have scared me too. Samuel hit the back of his head, and even though it was way less blood than Tyler's hand wound, it freaked me out. I think I get more scared w/kids bcse they don't understand what is going on. The helmet was protecting him in many ways. He has to get used to not having that extra layer.
Great job on your race! And w/no wet suit, I noticed.
sorry to all that the blog layout is messy and probably has spelling mistakes did not have time to fix it all
Hi Guys! congrats and your latest adventure!, Jossy and her triathalon, and Danny and his all day gig with Wesley on the rode. You're both fantastic! Thanks for the pics! They help the distance between us not seem so far. Miss you guys. Love ya, Nonnie
wow josalyn you the woman!!! i am impressed. what an awesome accomplishment! you are inspiring :) glad wesley's fall didn;t hurt him too bad. Phew!!
Wow Jossy!! you are some ironWoman, that is quite an accomplishment to do all of that in one day... we were happy to be a small part of the adoring, cheering crowd, watching as you zoomed by.
Of course he would fall right after his helmet came off wouldn't he. Nice work on the Iron Man Joss. I only thought about doing a tri. Thought is the key word here.
You are amazing Jos! Way to go. I watched a TV program about the half iron woman and I thought I would LOVE to do that... Yeah right, I'm in no kind of shape to do that. Oh well, maybe in the next life right?! Well see ya in 6 weeks! :)
Josalyn alls I can say is you are CRAZY! :]
Good job lady! You are so awesome!
Wow, congrats on the race! That's amazing! You look great! And congrats on getting the first fall post-helmet out of the way; they shouldn't be as bad now!
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