The night before Ryan ran his first Half Ironman (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13 mile run), this is what I told him:
“I am proud of you. This race exemplifies everything you are. You are a man who stretches yourself in every area of your life. You set goals to do what is hard for you, whether in fitness, parenting, serving God or in marriage. You stretch yourself and you accomplish what many people would simply say is ‘Too hard’. This race is why you are the man you are.
And that was BEFORE he got his awesome time of 5:55:44.
The cheerleaders:
Right before the last 1 mile of the race. He was dead, but you can’t tell.
The finish line:
The “congratulations package” brought over by the Daines. It was full of 6 packs of treats, because he did the race in under 6 hours.
**And EXTRA big thanks to Ryan’s aunt Susan and Uncle Jerry, who went above and beyond in the hosting/feeding/loaning car/cleaning up after us category. And Mark and Mandy who drove down to Jerry and Susan’s to give moral support over the big weekend!
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