Brock's First Triathlon

Brock has talked about wanting to do a Triathlon for years.

But between how much he works, his church calling, and everything he does at home he didn't think he'd have time to train for it. 

So I decided for his birthday, I would sign him up and then NEVER complain when he needed to train.

I thought it was one of my best gifts until I started telling people about it.

Apparently five-ish weeks isn't very much time to train for your first triathlon- especially if you're not a great swimmer. So not only did I have to keep from complaining anytime he got home from work and immediately went to the gym, I also had to worry for five weeks that he might drown.

But Brock's a Gamer, so I didn't need to worry a bit.

He trained like crazy and swam almost everyday.

And I knew it was a good omen when he picked up his packet and his race number was 435.

That's my old St. George area code- Represent Southern Utah!

I woke up early on race day and went to watch Brock start the race.

I was SO nervous- remember this whole thing was my fault!

But he did SO good! I was so impressed and SO PROUD!!!

The swim was insane- like a mile long-

But he came out of that water looking like a Champ.

After the swim, I saw him take off on his bike- that he bought like 3 days before.

I went home and grabbed the girls to watch him finish.

I was so relieved that he finished the swim that I didn't worry about the rest of the race,

but Brock said the bike was SO hard.

I found out after that this race is known for it's difficult bike section- I probably should have done a little better research- the hills were pretty insane.

 I made it back with the girls just in time to see him finish the bike, and he looked so tired!

He still had a 10K to run! He'd tweaked his hamstring a couple weeks ago running, so he'd pretty much only biked and swam since then. So I did what I do best and worried about him finishing.

But of course he finished- and finished strong!

I was so impressed and in awe of him.

It's crazy what a great athlete he is.

Super glad I married him. :)

Right after the race before he could even finish his watermelon I asked him the big question...

"So, would you ever do this again?"

And he looked at me like I was crazy and said,

"Of course."

So maybe it wasn't such a terrible birthday present after all.

Way to go Brock!!! Love you! :)