My Athlete- part 2

Every now and again Dave does stuff for the local tv station, v-tv.  One of the things he did was interview Mark Mason, who is our neighbor, and in charge of the Dino-Tri.  Mark challenged Dave to participate in the tri this year and Dave accepted.  Mind you he didn't really know how to swim and had only ridden his mountain bike a handful of times in the past 2 years. 

He's been training like a madman and I've been so proud of him.  He doesn't realize what a natural athlete he is.  He picks stuff up so quickly and his body adaptes very easily.  As part of his training, he partipated in the Ice-Breaker Tri this past weekend.  It's basically a mini-tri and the first one, in Vernal, of the year.  It was a 250 meter swim in the pool, 8 mile bike ride and 3 mile run.  It was a great trial go for him and now he knows kind of what to expect/train harder for the dino-tri in June.  He did AMAZING, especially since he only started training about 6 weeks ago, and finshed in 1:07.  Great job Sweets!

Dave and Mark Mason before the tri

His new road bike

Getting ready to start

Swim first

He killed the swim!

Did it in 6 minutes

Running to the transition area

Getting ready to bike

Heading out for the 8 mile bike ride

He may or may not have fallen over at the end of the bike ride...

Banged up knee won't affect his 3 mile run

Almost done

He did it!