I made a little trip to Toledo these past few days to watch my son participate in a triathlon. He did the bike leg on a three man team. Each of the guys are particularly good at their respective part.
Kevin has been on bikes since forever. I recently posted these pictures from about 23 years ago:
A few years after that, Kevin competed in his first triathlon. He was pretty young, and he did great! That’s his sister, Kelly, to his right. They did a solid kid’s event swim/bike/run.
And now he’s back to the same place, in Sylvania, Ohio, to compete in his first triathlon as an adult. Here we are before the race.
His teammate Ryan McHugh swam the 1.5 km (0.9 mile) open water swim in 18 minutes, which is an awesome time! Then Kevin biked 40 km (25 miles) in the pouring rain in 1:12, which was also remarkable! And finally, Alex Schoen ran the 10 km (6.2 miles) in 43 minutes, another super performance. They came in 2nd place by just a few minutes.
Here they are, all exhausted looking after the race. 😉
Can you tell I’m pretty damn proud!? Alex recently lost his dad; I know he would have been very proud of Alex as well. These are three really great young guys!!!
Most of all I’m glad that you were there. That meant a lot. Yes you are proud and you should be too.
Have a terrific day. Big hug to you and Princess Gail. 🙂
Thanks, Sandee!
Hugs to you and Z! 🙂
That’s awesome. I’m proud of your son and his teammates.great picks from way back when!!Thanks for sharing.I shared this posting on my FB wall as well.
Thanks for the visit and the share, Mike! 🙂
These are great pictures. This was my first time attending a triathlon and it was a lot of fun! Kevin was awesome!
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Awesome!! Kudos to your son and his teammates!! Well done!
Thanks, Meleah! They did an awesome job! 🙂
What a group of guys- you’ve had a great part in this.
I’ll take just a teeny weeny bit of credit, only because this sort of thing has been a part of our family life since they were babies. But the guys did all the work for this one! 🙂
Priceless… and you must be SO PROUD! How nice that you went to Toledo to see it happen. : )
Yes, and we drove past Port Clinton on our way back to Winston on Monday, after you guys had that 7 inch rainfall! Were you in town for that?
LOVE those pics — all of them — but especially the ones from 23 years ago! And congratulations to Kevin! I bet he was thrilled you were there.
Thanks, Deb! I was the one who was thrilled!
It is fun to see old family pics. 🙂
That’s incredible! Both you and Kevin (and his teammates, of course) should be proud!
Yes, K, it really is a special feeling seeing your son prepare really hard for something, and then have a satisfying result. I hope his whole life goes that way! 🙂
I hope it does as well.considering he’s your son i suspect that it will happen.
Well now, those young men are almost as handsome as you! 🙂
I LOVED this post… the series of pictures made me smile ear to ear. I would love to do something like that, especially with me visiting the gym on a weekly basis. It makes you begin to think, “Hey, maybe I could do that!” Of course I would need to do something geared towards 45 year old women!
Have a GREAT day!!!
Almost, Katherine, almost! LOL 😉
You look like you’re already pretty fit. I know you love the water. I bet you could do one of these!