Olympic Triathlon SURVIVORS

So last weekend we met up with the Barber's in St. George for a little R&R....kinda. We also decided it might be "fun" to do an olympic triathlon while we were there!

For those of you unfamiliar with what an olympic triathlon is, it consists of a 1500m swim, 20 mile bike, and a 10 k. Needless to say, our week of hard training a week before the race didn't secure our first place positions (weird, I know). But we had "fun" and it was a good learning experience! Now we know what to do for the next one...like maybe train hard for 2 weeks instead of 1 ;) 

But out of the whole triathlon experience, there are two things I can remember that made the whole 3 hours worthwhile....

1. Collin and I started at different times and when we crossed paths I noticed something "different" with his biking shorts. When we finished and I finally got to check him out, he had his biking shorts on backwards!! He biked and ran with the bigger part of the butt padding in the front! I couldn't stop laughing. He said "I was wondering why there was so much room". 

2. Collin then goes on to tell me that after his bike ride, he was so hot that he poured his entire water bottle over his head....only it wasn't water- He grabbed the water bottle with gatorade in it! He ran the 10 k drenched in a sticky mess! 

Oh Collin, you make me laugh.

 Collin- making it look easy...

Me- incredibly happy the swim was over

The rest of the trip consisted of golfing, shopping, eating, pooling, shuffle boarding, birthday celebrating (Val is the big 2-1 now!), girlfriend meeting (Ms. Katrina), and movie watching! We had so much fun with the whole family there. It was exactly what we needed before having to get serious with school again! Thanks Melissa and Greg!