70.3

Last weekend, Reed and I made the 16 hour journey (roundtrip) to Branson, Missouri for his second half-ironman. We stayed at the host resort, Chateau on the Lake, which was absolutely gorgeous and we had an awesome view of the Ozark Mountains and Table Rock Lake! The race began at 7:30 am on Sunday for the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run. The competition was stiff and the terrain was ridiculously hard (think biking through the Ozarks for 56 miles...yikes!) but Reed did GREAT! I'm continously amazed with him and all of his hard work that he puts into training for these events. This was Reed's last half-ironman of the year but he will continue to train since he's competing in a FULL Ironman next year!! Below are some pictures from the race...

reed's age group starting out on the swim

reed taking off from the bike transition for the next 56 miles

taking off from the run transition for his half-marathon