Iron Man Bike Training!

After our big weekend of family reunions and anniversary celebrations and after we dropped Kendra off at EFY in Rexburg for the week, the rest of us were heading off to Sundance, Wy where Corbin's family lives and go there for a visit. It had been a few years since we had been there and we decided that this would be a good time to go. Corbin had the bright idea that riding bikes from Jackson to somewhere in Wyoming would be good Iron Man training for him and Scott. They are both training for an Iron Man on November 1st in Florida. An Iron Man involves a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride and then running a 26.2 mile marathon. Corbin has already done one over a year ago in Courd'Alene, Idaho. This will be Scott's first one. He is the youngest one signed up for this Iron. We hauled their bikes on the back of the suburban and on the morning after our Wade Reunion drove them up to the top of Jackson Pass at 6 a.m. so that they could start their adventure. I would get Kendra off to EFY on Monday and then Taylor and I would start heading that way and pick them up somewhere, depending on how it would go. Sounds fun, doesn't it! I don't think Corbin and Scott had any idea how hard this was going to be. They made it down to Jackson and then over to Togadee (spelling?) pass, which had construction on it and no shoulder to ride. They ended up carrying their bikes for some of it and it was alot more up hill than they thought. They made it that night to Dubois, Wy and were exaushted. They sounded awful on the phone. The next day they did make it to Riverton, Wyoming where they waiting there for me to pick them up. They were not going any further! They did admit that it had been much harder than they had imagined and the wind going into Riverton, was awful. The East and West sides of the state of Wyoming are beautiful, but the middle, I must say, is pretty ugly and barren. It was good to see them all in one piece when Taylor and I found them in Riverton!