Florida Ironman 70.3

To start our vacation Jason participated in the Florida Ironman 70.3 event. It is exactly half the distance he did in November, but a half is still quite the endurance event. He swam 1.2 miles in the Disney lake. Then he biked 56 miles on and off the Disney property. He finally finished with a 13.1 mile run that was 3 loops through the Disney campgrounds. There is this amazing feeling of pride that wells up inside anytime we are able to watch him do a race like this. All of the training coming together and him completing such an amazing distance, it shows how mentally and physically strong he is.

While we were blessed with nice weather for most of our time in Disney, race day really wasn't one of them. It was incredibly hot and muggy. I was exhausted and dripping in sweat just watching and we only watched the swim and half the run. He was just happy to finish and add that to his resume, but I don't know that he will do a race in central Florida in May again. :)

The swim start, Jason is a little to the right of the middle in a gray and black top.


The swim finish.


Heading out for the bike.


Headed out for the last loop on the run (serious internal motivational talk going on).


Mom and Dad support team, in the really cute shirts they had made for the event.


Waiting for the finish.




Heading toward the finish line.