On Friday, July 31st, I was able to be a part of the Doxa Triathlon Relay. This event is set up just like a Ragnar with 36 legs and a team consisting of up to 12 people. It was 285 miles of triathlon. I was able to go with David Oliveros and his family and friends. I wish I could remember all their names, but I don't. Our team name was "You Are Never Too Old". The team let me participate in 6 of the last 16 events. I tagged along, because all of these people came from Texas and I was invited by David. I did not want to impose or take anything away from them, especially for having come so far. I told them I would do as little or as much as they'd like me to do. I was able to swim 435 meters, run 16 miles and bike just under 34 miles. My first leg was 8 miles which I did at a 7:15 pace. Then, I did a 4 mile mountain run climb in 40 minutes. I felt I could have gone faster, but I spent 5 minutes re-doing part of the course because there was no one around and I thought I missed a turn. The funnest leg was the 23.25 mile downhill at 4:30 in the morning. This was soooo fun! I had never been able to go on a ride for so long downhill. I mean, when do you get 23 miles of straight downhill?! I thought surely that part of the ride would flatten out or at least have some rollers. The whole leg went down. I could not believe that the guy on the right end of the picture did not want to do this leg. It was so fun. I told him afterwards when I confronted him, that I was going to give him a kiss. That was awesome. I counted that I did the 23.25 miles in just under 53 minutes. Riding in the dark is a little bit more scary. If you're older, like me, then you are more cautious. You slow down and don't take as many risks. I'd rather show up alive than not at all. That downhill, as you can tell, was a blast!!
After the event, I was able to go out on a date with my cute wife, and her friend Chrissy with her husband, David. We went to Olive Garden. We caught up on old times. I found out how Chrissy and Dave met which was at college in class. It's definitely hard to keep in touch when we live so far away from each other, and I don't use social media. Nichole and Chrissy were always so cute together. They were crazy, always full of jokes, pulling practical jokes on other people as well as themselves, and full of adventure. In fact, one time, they went to Zion's and left me behind.
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