Alternate title: My husband is a stud.
30 hours after arriving in Utah, Matt competed in his first half ironman race, The Utah Half. And he killed it! Matt completed the 70.3-mile triathlon -- 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike, and 13.1-mile run -- in 5 hours and 20 minutes. Anything under six hours is considered great for the first time (think: the equivalent of a sub-4 hour marathon), so basically he blew it out of the water. Nevermind the fact that he trained at a much lower altitude, his legs had just been cramped in the car for 10 hours, he was running on a week of absolutely no sleep, and he took a wrong turn (!) during the half-marathon of a run. Clearly, he is amazing.
Aaaand now I'll stop gushing and share some pictures from the day.
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| Watching the sun rise over the mountains |
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| Warming up |
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| Starting that 1.2-mile swim in Utah Lake |
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| Matt was part of the first group out of the water. |
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| Transition #1. Matt likes to take his sweet time. |
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| The little key thief! Luckily, there was an open field to let Jake run around in while we waited for Matt to ride by. |
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| They biked through the countryside along the lake. So pretty! |
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| Transition #2 |
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| Packing the GUs at the start of the run, and 7 miles later... |
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| There's a lot of waiting time, so luckily we had my family to play with. |
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| Jake's "pretend like I'm sleeping and then steal the sunglasses" routine |
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| Looking strong coming into the finish |
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| Finish! |
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| Half an ironman! So tired and relieved and awesome and stuff. |
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| Oh, the joys of a post-race bum massage from a perfect stranger... |
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| Jake approved of the finisher's medal |
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| All this was thanks to our friends, the Killpacks, who we miss terribly! (Apparently Shaun makes a better training partner than me...) |
so awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteyour little man is a cutie patootie!!! oh my! :)
love the photo of your husband carrying him over the finish line :)
Matt is seriously awesome! I love that he took Jakey with him through the finish! That is so cute! And I still laugh at how long he took during his transitions and that he made a wrong turn. But he still killed it!
ReplyDeleteAndplusalso, I love that your family went out to support Matt. He's worked so hard for it! You can tell they really love him! Plus I love your family. :) Wish we could have been there! Maybe at his full ironman?!
That is SO COOL!! Congrats to him! I have another 5k this weekend. Haven't ran a timed one in a while so I'm pretty stoked =)
ReplyDeleteYour hubby carrying Jake across the finish line is CLASSIC
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