On Sunday, Scott completed the Texas Longhorn Half-Ironman. He did Awesome! A Half-Ironman race is a triathlon including swim, bike and run sections. The swim was 1.2 miles, the bike was 56 miles and the run was 13.1 miles. So, all together, Scott went 70.3 miles! His official time was 5:59:44.
It was a really tough course! There were some giant hills, especially in the run section of the race. It was a hot day too! Many of the athletes were saying that this course is possibly the hardest half-ironman they've ever done.
Scott got up really early on Sunday and left the house at 5:30 am. The girls and I weren't up yet. The race started at 7:30. It would have been great for us to go out and see him finish. We didn't make it out because of nap times and how hot the day was. So, I don't have any great pictures of Scott doing the race. I do have a couple of pictures that his friend and co-athlete Chris took.
This first picture was taken at Chris's house before they went on to the race. I'm sure they were both really excited to go race!
This next picture was taken after the race. Although Scott drank a ton of water and other fluids while he was competing, it really wasn't enough. After he finished the race, he couldn't keep any fluids down, so he ended up in the medical tent. After a bag of IV fluids, he was doing much better...
He's doing great now! A little sore, but ready to move on to the next big adventure. I think it's going to be the AT&T Marathon in February!
