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| I want to take a post to brag all about my husband. He doesn't like to be the center of attention, but he totally deserves it. Jeff decided right after school got out that he was going to do the Ironman in Sonoma California with a friend from school. When Jeff decides to do something he gives everything he has to achieve that goal. That is one of my favorite qualities about him! So he dove straight into to training. He was training 2-6 hours 6 days a week. We have been traveling all summer so it has been an adventure to try to find places to bike, swim, and run. His red bike became apart of our car. Everywhere we went, so did the red bike. He also woke up early or would work out after everyone would go to bed. He swam in both the atlantic and the pacific ocean and also in deer creek. One day he had to do a 5 hour bike ride, but we were driving to Disneyland that day, so he woke up early and rode the road to california. Madison and I went to pick him up, but we were in the middle of nowhere Utah and he had no where to shower. We had to find a random river for him to shower in and then put the bike in the back and took off to Disneyland. It has been an entire family adventure, and we were so happy to support him the whole way through. |
His parents, my parents, and madison and I all flew out to Sonoma to support him. He also had two other boys from school doing the race, so it was fun to meet up with them and cheer them in also. It was an amazing, inspiring event. I still can't believe he did it, but I knew if anyone could it would be Jeff. I don't think the human body likes to be pushed that far, and it is so much a mental race. Jeff said he had to keep setting goals along the race to push his body farther, and that is what got him through the whole thing. I am so proud of him and loved getting to cheer him on the whole race!!! To my IRONMAN, I love you.
Here are race results
Swim was 1:08 for a 2.4 mile swim
Bike was 5:54:22 at 19 mph for 112 miles
Run was 3:53:53 for 26.2 miles
Total Time was 11:07:55 (with transition times)
And was 9th place in his age group
and 63rd place overall (997 people were entered to run the race (we saw people drop out during the race and there are people who dropped out before it even started.)
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| starting the bike |
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| his number one fan |
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| the support crew |
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| jeff's dad was so proud of him. this is him at the finish line |
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| the end! |
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| so proud of him |
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| friends from med school |
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8 comments:
Good job Jeff! That is a huge accomplishment! That was crazy to hear how much he trained during the summer but it obviously paid off! I'm sure the training made the actual race seem like nothing.
That is SO awesome he did that!! super impressive- basically in my hometown too!!! (well napa really is, but sonoma is right around the corner ;)
way to go jeff! I am totally impressed. what a great accomplishment. i'm sure it was a sacrifice for you, melissa-having him spending so much time training. how exciting for both of you!
What an amazing accomplishment! Congratulations to Jeff! I can only imagine the dedication, work and mental toughness involved.
Maddie is getting soooo big! glad you are enjoying your summer travels and beating the nasty heat here. Excited to see you when you return!
Congrats to Jeff! That is so awesome!
That is seriously awesome! Way to go jeff! I can't wait to see maddie again she's so adorable and look at all of that blonde hair that's growing in!!!
Holy Cow! That is AMAZING!!! I don't know how anyone can do something like that. Nice work Jeff!
WOW! What an amazing accomplishment, let alone in the middle of medical school.
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