Casey came to me a year ago and said,
"I want to be an Ironman."
An Ironman is 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and
26.2 mile run!!!
12 months later, 100s of hours of training and 30 lbs lighter
he's headed to the water to begin the 2.4m swim!
Finished the swim in 1hour and 14min, 6 mins ahead of schedule! Way to go Case!
Finished the bike in 6hours and 49mins, 11 mins ahead of schedule! Go babe!
Our cheering gang! Carsen's poster is my favorite, it says, "Dat, you can do it! You are ironman!"
Still looking strong, mile 20 of the run! And he's still smiling and moving fast. When I saw him smiling, the thought popped in my head, "he's enjoying this way too much, I fear he's going to get the Ironman bug!"
Still smiling!
Favorite picture of the day.
Sprinted his last mile, running a 7:40 min mile. Lookin' good down the home stretch! I had the chills and his mom was tearing up. Race started at 7am and we watched him come in at 8pm.
The announcer was the famous Ironman announcer, he sounded so good as he said, "Casey Keller from Bountiful, UT.......YOU---ARE----AN----IRONMAN!" It was awesome! His goal was 14 hours, he finished in 13 hours 00 minutes and 40 seconds. I knew the 40 seconds would tick him off. He likes to say he finished in 12 hours 59 minutes and 100 seconds. ha ha!
Every competitor gets a personal escort to the pizza, water, and massage therapists tent in case they collapse on the way! People were wasted.
Ahhhh, my sweaty, manly ironman.
A happy Ironman Family!
Proud Mom and Dad!
The next day, taken family photos at Hurricane House.
Thank you Gretchen! She was our babysitter, photographer, peacemaker, and Marla's sanity! You are the best Gretchen!
Scott Belnap and Casey, best Ironman buddies! Scott was the one that inspired Casey to do the Ironman. Scott's first was Arizona, St George was his second. It was fun to get to cheer them both on! They rocked!
Our future Ironmen!
