Congratulations to Bill, who completed his first Ironman 70.3 yesterday! I am so proud of him for consistently setting a variety of goals and always reaching them with such precision. When we moved to Boulder Bill decided to register for the Boulder Triathlon Series (a sprint, Olympic, and Half Ironman). His training began quickly after our move but was slowed down by chronic sinus infections that led to sinus surgery in June. At that point we did not plan on him continuing with this race but soon after he decided to go through with it, even though his training was cut short. Bill was very strong with the swim and bike events and cut his transition time down significantly from the sprint. He had a strong finish considering it was 97 degrees out for the last 2.5 hours of his race, and I have a feeling he’ll be doing another one of these in the future. I cut Robin’s nap short to take the girls to see him finish, which was quite an event in itself for me considering I had to stuff them both on a shuttle bus with a stroller and keep them happy in the heat (no shade) for an hour and a half! We were so proud of him at the finish line – quite an accomplishment!

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