Jayson's Triathlon

A few weeks ago, Jayson completed his first sprint triathlon. He trained like a crazy man for a few months. Right about the time I was sick and tired of him working out every waking hour of the day, he was ready to do the darn thing. He was very nervous... mainly, because it was a new experience, there was a bike and a stagnant lake involved, and my heck... IT WAS GOING TO BE HARD. I tried to encourage him, but then I just ended up staying away from him for a few days while he mentally prepared :).
He got everything ready the night before, we took his bike for a short ride around the neighborhood to make sure everything was fine. He wakes up the next day in the wee hours of the morning, gets ready to leave and his bike's front tire looks like someone snuck into our garage and slashed it with a knife. (That's how flat it was :) Luckily, I was sleeping because his friend Spencer was helping him at the first transition. I did not want to be a part of this, I bet he was sooooo mad. He got to Spencer's house, trying to figure out how to fix the problem... there was no solution, all the stores were closed, yada, yada. He ended up riding Spencer's ten speed, in which only 3 of the gears actually work. We can laugh about it now, but he was very upset.
He did amazing, he swam perfectly, biked awesome (even though he followed some guy a mile off track and had to bike back) and did the run with ease.
We are so proud of him. He is truly an inspiration to our family. Now if I could get some of his motivation we would be doing well :).
Here are some pictures of him, and Layla playing at the lake where he did his swim.