This triathlon begins with a 600 meter swim at Morten's parents' seaside home, then a 25 kilometer bike ride through the Danish countryside to Morten's house, and wraps up with a 6.5 kilometer running loop in Morten's neighborhood.
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| Before the race |
Below is a photo of the swimming portion of the race as the competitors reach the shore. Please do notice who is leading the pack . . . None other than my amazing husband!
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| Russ, first place swimmer! |
The whole event took roughly 1.5 hours to complete, so while Russ et al. were in the throws of it, Alex and I entertained ourselves by making new friends of the other wives and children, and cheering on Dada and our buddy Sixten:
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| Red and blue are the official colors of the Carl Jensen Triathlon |
Russ and Sixten finished strong, and tired:
Once the race was over we all adjourned to Morten's amazing home in the country for an afternoon of good fun and delicious food (including a soft serve ice cream machine. Yum!). Morten and his wife, Mikela, have built a fabulous playground on their property for their 2 1/2 year old daughter to enjoy. We all made good use of it that day:
They also have horses (by the way, I love this place!), which we very much enjoyed meeting:
The day ended with an award ceremony for the winners. Since a majority of the race is bicycling, the big winners were all bikers. But I am very proud to report that Russ was the fastest in not only the swimming, but also the running portion of the race, winning him two Vikings. He was of course the big winner in my eyes.
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| The Winners |
Not really sure why you want to leave such an idyllic place, my love. Sounds so super terrific (aside from things like no rugs and un-childproof door systems, etc). And is that seriously your husband in the foreground, walking up out of the water? Looks like a pin up calendar for ladies, helloooo! (Oh, and nice job on the winning and being a triathletic rock star, etc etc).
ReplyDeleteAmby! Well, we are having an amazing time, but we will want to leave when the time comes so that we can see all our dear friends and family, who we are starting to miss a lot! Also, I think you made Russ' day with your pin up calendar comment. And I completely agree!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think we know each other, but I came across that fabulous picture of your hubby walking out of the water Bo Derek style. I'm curious if you can (a) focus the picture in on your man and (b) blow the picture up and send it to me? Feel free to send it to the 49ers training camp address. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteYikes.
ReplyDeleteHaving quit my 1/2 marathon training, this inspires me to begin some sort of exercise again. Just as soon as I cook dinner, change peed-on sheets, clean out the guinea pig cage (we had the class pets home for the long weekend), catch up on Mad Men and The Soup, take a nap, keep Tabs from licking the toilet seat for the umpteenth time, and blog. And quilt. THEN I will exercise!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, and congrats Russ!