Last Sunday, Tony and his brothers competed in the 4th Annual Rochester Eco-Triathlon. Jon and Brian "live" for this event. They work hard training day after day, and it shows! Tony however, likes to fly by the seat of his pants for this event. Don't get me wrong, he runs, bikes and kayaks every once in a while to keep him semi in-shape, but he does not train like his elder brothers do. He does have fun at this event though, and to him, that's all that matters. He's happy to be doing something like this with his brothers regardless of what place he took.
I would like to note though that I'm quite proud of my brothers-in-law: Jon took 9th and Brian took 12th this year! Awesome job! It was so fun to watch all 3 of them.
The title of my post is Eco-Tri = Exhausting! because I was completely spent by the end of the day. It started with waking up very early and getting Charlie all ready for the day. It was raining, so that made getting ready even more difficult. What do we wear, what do we bring?? Should we even go? Well, we went.
We went to Fisherman's Inn and watched the boys take off in their kayaks. I didn't take my camera out because of the rain. Thankfully, my dad lent me his golfing umbrella, so we were dry! Charlie hung out in the Ergo baby carrier. So much easier than lugging a stroller around.
After they took off, we all hopped in our cars and drove quickly to Camp Victory to catch them coming in. It's a long walk from our cars to the river. I had Charlie on my front (weighing in at 17 lbs), a backpack on my back (weighing in at a little less than Charlie), a water bottle and an umbrella. As we're waiting for the boys to come in, Charlie was not a happy camper. I finally had to feed him while he was in the carrier. At this point, my shoulders are already getting a little sore. We still had a long day ahead of us.
We watched all 3 boys come in, watched them bike and watched them run. The entire time I stood holding my big boy! He slept most of the time, but that didn't make him lighter. By the time Tony finished, I was ready for my own nap. We stood around talking for quite a while until Tony had to take off to make it to the theater for the afternoon matinee of Young Frankenstein. I headed to Cher and Alans to nap the afternoon away until the delicious zucchini fry!
Charlie had other plans. He was wide awake when we got to Willow Hill. It took me quite a while to get him down for a nap, by that point all I wanted to do was sit and put my feet up. That's exactly what I did, until people started showing up for supper. I moved around like a zombie visiting and helping out where I could. When it was time to eat, I could only have a plateful of zucchini before I NEEDED to go home. I was sore and tired. I still had a long evening of getting Charlie down for bed ahead of me.
Needless to say, it was a very fun day, but very exhausting day for me. Next year we're bringing the stroller...
Here's Laur at the Eco-Tri! Got you for once!
Miss Maya walking towards us after watching her daddy go by on his bike.
There goes Tony off on his run!
Here he is finishing strong!
The tired little family.
While I was resting at Cher and Alan's, I discovered Simon on top of Brian and Kate's car/kayak!
The girls getting our zucchini all ready for frying!
Here's my beautiful niece with her medal for running the 1mile race at Kasson the morning before! I am SO proud of her!
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