Saturday, June 17, 2006

Mike's Father's Day Gift: The Topeka Tin Man

That's right Nicole let me run in the Topeka Tin Man which was the Saturday before Father's Day, an Olympic length triathlon (3/4 mile swim, 20 mile bike ride, and 7 mile run). I have been preparing for it for the last couple of months, although my training took I dive probably 2 1/2 weeks ago. If I would have kept it up I might have fared better. I am not sure what my time was, but I think it was somewhere between 2 1/2 and 3 hours. It was actually pretty fun, we will see if I do it again next year.

Last night we got everything ready so we could just wake up and leave. There was a 5:30am check in time that I had to be at. We got to the point where it was finally time to go to bed, which meant putting Noelle down for the night. She has slept through the night for the last 2 weeks, but for some reason she wanted to stay up and play last night. Every time that we put her down she would start freaking out. So Nicole, being the good wife that she is, told me that she would take care of it. So I went to bed and fell asleep. Well, it turns out that Noelle really wanted to play with her Mommy so they didn't get to bed till late, and they both fell asleep in the living room. What a good wife, sacrificing a night's sleep in her comfy bed to take care of her baby and make sure I got a good night's sleep for the Tin Man! I love her so much, I am lucky to have her.

The next morning we got up and dropped her and Noelle off at my parent's house while I checked in. Nicole and Noelle came to the Triathlon with my dad, who was a trooper and carried the diaper bag the entire time (talk about an endurance challenge). They sat at Tin Man Circle at Lake Shawnee and cheered me on as I came and went. I think they are posting the results soon on the Tin Man website, then I'll know how I stacked up against other people. I think for my first triathlon it was a success. I had fun and I lived to tell the tale.