Dad's first big Triathlon!

Today's the day! Dad just started the swim portion of his first tri about 30 minutes ago. He chose an Olymic Distance Race for his first. No small potatoes. It is a 1400m swim, 26 mile bike and a 6 mile run. He'll be spending around 45 minutes swimming in Tempe Town Lake (picture murkey rusty brown water) before he embarks on the rest of his journey. It is supposed to hit over 100 degrees today. But he's well trained and our resident hero- so we look forward to cheering him across the finish line! A quote I like is "The first step in getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are" -Unknown. So all those mornings he made that "first step" out of bed at 5 am will be paying off today.

We'll head down to cheer him on shortly. We're still in our pj's, mom sipping her coffee. Guess I should sip sports drink instead...in his honor! The night before any race is always antsy. Did I pack the right things? Tires on bike aired up? Check. Visor? Check. Helmet? Check. The pre race preparation seems to involve endless checking and rechecking as some sort of calming/ coping mechanism for the athlete. I really wish I had gotten a picture of our master bathroom floor- with all his stuff layed out to review. And then there is always the fear that a three year old will wonder in and swipe something vital to your race and bury it in the backyard.