Smith Mountain Lake Triathlon

Well, several months ago, Andrew got it in his head that he wanted to do a triathlon. So, he found one down at Smith Mountain Lake, near Roanoke. It is a sprint triathlon. Which means it isn't like the Iron Man or anything, but it was still pretty hard. He had to swim 750m, bike 20k, and run 5k.

He had a blue swim cap which means he was in the young male division. He was the second group to begin. He did a great job swimming and caught up with some of the people from the group in front of him.

He finally made it out of the lake and is heading to the transition area to get ready to bike 20k.

Here he is on his way back from the biking and now he will begin his 5k run.

Last turn...

home stretch...

The finish line!

A proud wife...

and daughter. ( I am talking about Madeline, not Nathaniel.)

Maybe next year we can get more people to do it. I like the "idea" of doing one. But, really, it sounds pretty hard. There are relay teams too if you want to do just part of it. We'll see...