Lake Padden Triatholon

This past Saturday was the Lake Padden triatholon. Tommy came in first place!! He's doing another triatholon in Lake Stevens this next weekend that he said is a little more than 4 times as long as the Lake Padden one!! Lake Padden took him a little under an hour to complete. He expects the Lake Stevens triatholon to take him about 5 hours!! Yikes! I just hope he doesn't have a heart attack in the process!

Here are a couple "pre-game" shots at Lake Padden. Tommy was doing the triatholon along with his friend Peter (who technically came in first but chose not to take a place). Mom, Don, Mandy, Ryan, and I came to watch and have a picnic there. We were sitting at the finish line.

I don't know how to make my pictures smaller yet so that they will fit in the collage. Any Picasa users out there wanna give me some advice? : )

Tommy was the 4th out of the water, but quickly passed the girl infront of him as he ran up the grass. He picked up most of his time on the next event which was his strongest, cycling. That's Tommy in the longer wetsuit. The girl is infront with a short wetsuit.

Tommy came back from biking 2nd, just seconds after Peter. He quickly switched into his running shoes for a lap around the lake.

Almost at the finish line and talking with Peter afterwards.

We'd just eaten by the lake and were waiting for the awards to be given out.

It was a fun event. I wish that I could see his next one in Lake Stevens, but it starts at 6:30 in the morning and we have to teach Sunday school. Good luck Tommy!