After seeing his brother and some cousins do some half ironman triathlons recently, Ryan decided to join them and signed up for the Gulf Coast Triathlon in April in Panama City Beach, Florida. To prepare, he planned on doing a shorter triathlon before he got into training for the big one. So, the Cedar Point sprint triathlon up in Sandusky, it was! Unfortunately, a big storm blew in and caused crazy huge waves in Lake Erie and unsafe biking paths, so the triathlon was canceled. We didn't find that out though until we got there, which meant that waking up at 4:30 a.m. and dragging the kids out of bed that early was certainly a downfall! But as the morning went on the race officials decided to still host the running portion of the race, which was just a 5k through Cedar Point. So we stuck around while Ryan ran that and the girls thought it was the best thing ever to see their dad running in and give him high fives. The announcer even said "here comes Mr. BYU!" as he ran through the finish line. Despite the obvious disappointment, we still had fun and enjoyed the pretty sunrise over the lake. And we will also never sign up for this triathlon again because it apparently has a history of some pretty bad weather. So, onto bigger and better ones in Florida!
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