My Man, the Triathlete!

4 years ago, our friend Scott, talked my Jethro into trying his first tri (athlon, that is). One step and Jethro was hooked. It took a couple years till he really started to try... Santa brought him a bike (Jethro used a mountain bike for his first tri... Bad Idea!! ), and he started really riding.. eventually, he carved out time to really train... He's training for an Olympic sized triathlon in Galevston in October. In the meantime, he decided to do the one that started it all for him. The Dam O8... It's a sprint Triathlon (distances in each event are much shorter than it's big brother, the Olympic one --they're both dwarfed by the Iron Man, but Jethro doesn't have time to train for that one (or maybe he just has too many brain cells!) ) anyway, it was this weekend and Jethro was ready. His goal - beat 1 hour. He shredded it!! He finished in just 56:21 and that gave him overall standing of 44th out of like 300 people! He was 10th in his age group - which is a very very competitive group... think about it. around 35, doc says you've got high blood pressure, you need to lose a few pounds, mid-life crisis says I can do a triathlon... anyway, when it comes to the swimming portion, he finished FOURTH OVERALL !!! He's still got it! I think he did a fantastic job!
by the way... in case you're asking, "Where are the photos, girlfriend?" Well, my camera is MIA... I think I'm going to break down today and buy a new one.. but till then, we're all out of luck. (although I did video tape him in action!)
PS if you know Jethro's email, shoot him a kudos.. (it's his name, first and last all one word @yahoo.com)