That's right. Today my hot wife, aka Cindy, competed in The Great Race, aka Eppie's Great Race. 6 miles or running (aka misery), 12 miles of biking, (aka literal pain in the butt), and 6 miles of paddling (aka don't ever try this on the Provo River in freezing water, fyi). Lots of people compete in teams, with different team members completing each leg of the race. Not Cindy though; she did all three on her own.
She rocked the course. I drove between checkpoints to help her with her gear, and I barely kept up with her. Of the 118 ironwoman competitors in her age bracket (19-39), she was 28th. All but 4 of the 27 ahead of her were younger, so they don't really count. She finished the course in 2:37:13. She would have been faster, but I held her up by getting her shoes to her quickly enough at one station; she also got stuck with a super slow rock of a boat (thank you Sport Chalet of Elk Grove for not knowing that a sea kayak is not that same as a river kayak!).
I am pretty proud of her. I wish I had the self discipline to get up at 4:30am to work out like she does. She's not just a super-mom, she's a super-woman.
Here are a few action shots from the race.
Not an action shot. These are some of the bikes of the ironwoman competitors prior to the race. Most of these bikes were still sitting here when Cindy sped out of here on hers.
Our super fast camera caught every detail, including Cindy's cheesy smile, as she flew into the transition area at the end of the second leg. Most other cameras would have captured only a blur as she flew past.
Almost an action shot, thanks again to Sport Chalet. Cindy's in the yellow boat. Is that a 2-man kayak? Maybe they don't have kayaks in Switzerland.
Here come the racers from the left. That's the finish line on the river bank. Those are volunteers bucket-brigading the empty boats to a open spot on the bank. Cindy is probably somewhere in the group of boaters off in the distance.
Run with a life vest on? Easy. Here comes Cindy across the finish line.
Is that that my wife or just some random hot chick I'm trying to pick up by using my kids? No woman can resist Jack and a cookie. No worries though, that's actually Cindy.
Post-race. Someone had to get the boat across the river to the loading area. Cindy was the only one skinny enough to fit into the "universal" size life jacket provided by Sport Chalet.
