Tuesday, July 3, 2007

My Hero...

On Sunday, Patrick participated in the 2007 MedExpress Mountaineer Triathlon. It was an Olympic distance race - 1 mile swim, 25 mile bike, 10k. He did SO GOOD! He finished in 3 hours and 28 minutes! I am so proud of him.

He was quite nervous before the race, but he did fine. We watched them do the swim and then at a few other points. The Lord was SO sweet to let me see Patrick several times. I would scream and yell for him. It was so much fun. I LOVE being Patrick's cheerleader!!!

I waited at the finish line for Patrick with some friends and just as I was starting to get a little anxious, Patrick came running through! He told me he couldn't stop and the people at the finish line had to stop him. I got him some food and water and that helped him a lot.

He was such a champ and he really did an incredible job! What a great accomplishment! I couldn't be more proud of my husband!

Pre-race with Patrick, Ashley, Carol, Kent & Breena

Patrick running from the swim to the bike transition area

Patrick coming up on the finish line!

After the finish line! What a hottie!

Patrick & Ashley post race...Patrick was so tired and I was so excited for him!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

YEAH Patrick!!!! I love the new tattoo on his upper arm! ::grin::

Jeannie said...

P-DAWG! Way to go!!

Aaron thinks you two should go sailing for about two months...I said I'd get back to him on that one.

Anonymous said...

never been sailing, sounds fun... when do we leave?

The Royal Garcias said...

Yeah! Love the shaved head and the goat. 1 mile swim--that alone is a HUGE accomplishment! Congrats!