St. George Triathlon, Jamie wins 1ST !!!

(I know thats not jamie running, we are waiting for pics) So we did it. It was a ton of fun, and a ton of work. Jamie took 1st place in her age division, Congratulations Jamie. (More bragging for my wife, she also took first in her division in the mud run last year) The wind and waves on the lake were so bad they canceled the swim halfway through, too bad I was already out there. The water was difficult to swim in. When you came up for air you sucked up water from that waves and white caps. Not easy. AND, the swim was against the wind and waves, it was like swimming upstream in a river. It got so bad they were pulling people out of the water left and right with the boats and canoes, hence the cancelation of the swim. There was one swimmer that saved two other swimmers by holding them up until a boat got there, at different times not two at once. Then the bike portion was straight into the wind as well. Flat road and you are using a super low gear, that was crazy, and the drifting sand banks, that was exciting and tasty with the grit it threw in your mouth. The run was all on dirt trails, some people said that it was a little sandy, I'd say it was a lot sandy. Not as bad as running on dry sand on the beach, but almost at times. Overall it was awesome and I think Jamie is going to make me do more, but I can take it.


Our weekend was great, we got there Thursday and stayed until Sunday, The weather in St. George was great, and it was good to eat at Bajio and Pizza Factory. Great to see my brothers, Lionel, Henry and John. Lionel competed in the triathlon then went and hiked the narrows at Zions afterwards, he had more energy than I did. There is some great scenery around St. George, but I was only able to take shots one day so we headed to the temple.