Congratulations, Iron Man!

I'm behind on blogging and hope to get caught up soon, but I certainly don't want to miss posting Ted's amazing accomplishment. He completed a mega triathlon called the Iron Man. His write up and photos are below. I can't believe how happy and relaxed he looks. I like to call him Iron Man now--our own real life super hero.

On Saturday, September 25th I finished my first and probably only Ironman-distance triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, & 26.2 mile run) in and around Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City, and overall I thought it went pretty well. I met the cut-off times for each of the three legs by less than an hour, so I’ve definitely set the bar low for any potential future attempts, finishing at 16 hours and 5 minutes. The day was full of contradictions:
- I’ve never applied so much sunscreen and yet gotten so sunburned.
- I consider cycling my least favorite of the three sports because I find anything more than 10 or 20 miles to be uncomfortable and unsafe, yet I spent roughly half of the event on a bike.
- I’ve never lost so many hours of sleep one night with the jitters and the next night due to soreness.
- There are few things I have anticipated so much, yet been so relieved to have over.- So would I recommend it to someone else? Sure. Detailed results are posted at the following link (I’m #214):http://www.redmantriathlon.com/

Thanks,Ted