Jerry participated in the Playtri International Triathlon in Irving, Texas last weekend. We headed down to Dallas Friday night after dropping the kids off with my parents. We hung out on Saturday, doing a little bit of eating and shopping. We had a carb-loading dinner Saturday night, then the race was Sunday morning. Jerry, Clint, and Elizabeth had to have their things into transition at 5 AM. As much as I tried to stay asleep, I couldn't. We had a room with a balcony, so I snuck outside and took some pictures of the sunrise over the lake--so pretty!
Here's a picture of 2 of the buoys. Jerry had to swim out to the farthest buoy in this race. His swim was 1500 meters, which equates to about 1 mile! YIKES!
Here's a pictures of the other buoy he had to swim out to, then after rounding it, he had to swim to an area way to the right of this picture.
Jerry and his wave getting into the water
He is ready!
....and he's off!
His #1 fan was thoroughly enjoying herself :)
Coming in from the swim
He was trying to smile at us as he swam in.....what a ham :)
I caught up with him as he was finishing his 2nd lap. He biked 3- 7 mile loops (total of 21 miles)
Here he is in his transition area getting ready for the run....his least favorite part. He had actually lost his water bottle before his last 7 mile bike loop....so he spent some extra time rehydrating. Smart boy.
Sweet baby B!
He ran 2- 3.2 mile loops for a total of a 10K--6.4 miles. Here he is coming in
Way to go Dadoo!
Getting his medal
Congratulating Clint!
Jerry, Liz, and Clint.....team CNC! Way to go!
What a great job these 3 did! We're thinking this might be a yearly triathlon. Liz and I did it 2 years ago, and we really enjoyed the event. It also helps that it's a fun city to spend the day before in :) Next year, we want to bring more of our friends to participate in it.
