Palm Springs Half Iron Man

Today was race day!! Mike did amazing! He did so good he blew his old time out of the water and came across the finish line a lot earlier than I was expecting him too. I just happened to look up as he was crossing and realized..... oh wait! It's Mike!! Luckily I was able to get my phone out in time to get a picture of him crossing the finish line from the back. He finished with a final time of 5 hours and 7 minutes!!
All of the guys did so good today and Gina and I were so proud of them all, It was a long wait in between transitions and a lot of sitting and Sudoku puzzles but it was also an exciting atmosphere and the scenery around us was really pretty.
After the race was all done we all headed to Soup Planation before heading home for a victory dinner!

Michael's Times

Some of the cool scenery

Our proud finishers

Mike and his medal! So proud of him!

Barely catching Mike at the finish line.

coming out of the swim and getting ready for the bike.

coming out of the water

coming out of the water

half way through the swim the competitors had to come out of the water and go around a buoy and then go back in the water. We weren't really sure why but they all had to do it. 

getting ready to go around the buoy

more of our scenery

Congrats to all our guys!!!