Darren trained hard and has now successfully completed a Half Ironman Triathlon.
Saturday morning he woke up at 5:00 AM in Bear Lake, Utah.
The race started with everyone up to their thighs in water since Bear Lake is shallow for quite a ways out. Wetsuits are pretty nice in the cold water!
After swimming over a mile, he ran to the transition area...
Where he put on his biking gear.
Then he rode for 56 miles. He had to turn around after 28 miles and ride back into a terrible head wind. (That means the wind pushed him back for 28 miles!)
Then he pulled in with his kids cheering him on! (and Nellie, Seth, and Pat) Here he goes off to run 13 miles (which turned out to 14.1 miles since the route wasn't measured right!) He had to run with a head wind here too.
The wind was so bad the finish line banner thing blew over. So this is him 5 hours and something minutes later... crossing the yellow line to finish. 
We are proud of him and glad he never wants to do a full iron man!
5 comments:
Amazing, Dalls!!
That is so cool! Congrats, Darren!
Brian is doing a triathlon in a few weeks. I hope he doesn't drown.
Holy Crap!! That's awesome!!
that sounds really hard.
the bear lake swim was the hardest i've ever done. and it was only a sprint. the water was so cold!
good work, dalls!
wow.
thanks for the play by play. we are super impressed!
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