(Mom, click on the picture to enlarge)
Sam was bound and determined to kick 40 in the butt this spring---So mid May he decided one Friday he was going to run a half marathon the next day, just as a little training run for the Ironman 70.3 he was preparing for---so he did, and he rocked it. Two weekends later he and his 7 buddies rode in a 200 mile bike relay through the Sawtooth mountains of Idaho, and they rocked it. The next Saturday he went for a little 1.25 mile swim in a 53 degree lake, a 56 mile bike ride, and then a 13.1 mile run--a half Ironman, in about 5 hours and 30 minutes---rocked it. The next Friday, just a mere 6 days later we joined some friends and ran in the 192 mile Ragnar Relay, from Logan to Park City, at one point climbing to an elevation of 8,909 feet (can you say burn baby burn)--he rocked because he finished all three of his legs, but 40 and 4 weeks of brutality to his body took their toll. Notice in the picture of him running with his shirt off, the large Ace bandage covering his knee--well he really shouldn't have been running, walking, or even hobbling any longer, but he did. Sam, you're the Man!! We are super duper proud of you, but I hope you give your 40 year young body a little break this month.
