Iron Man Weekend

June 13, 2009 was a big day for the Crumley Family...Well Brent at least. It was the day of the Iron Man in Boise. Brent had trained for a few months for this race and was as ready as on could be for a race that was in total 70.3 miles long. It started with a swim of 1.2 miles in Lucky Peak. Then a bike ride of 56 miles that took them to the desert and back down to transition near Bodo in Boise. Finally they finished with a run of 13.1 miles. All of this madness started at 2:00 p.m. mainly because Lucky Peak is a cold body of water and they did not want to freeze everyone out. Brent had a few hours in the morning to stress and wonder why he was going to do this race. After he headed down to get things in order Casey and I did a few things around the house, ate lunch and then got ready to go try and catch daddy on the bike. Once I found a road that was not closed to do the race we found a great spot to watch the riders. Sadly we did not see Brent at this spot...either we left for downtown before he came or he was in a group and we missed him. Here are a couple pictures of the other riders, taken my Casey. I had to laugh at Casey, because as many of the riders went pasted I was cheering them on, saying things like good job and looking good. Well a few would respond with a thank you or a smile and a nod of the head. When ever one did not say or do something Casey wanted to know why. Trying to explain to a four year old that they were working to hard and needed to concentrate did not go over to well. Be he still had fun.

A couple riders working hard

Casey trying to show me his shirt and still stay warm

Here is the shirt we made the day before the race.

I think he likes it.

Once we left the bike riders we headed home so I could check and see how Brent did with the swim...55 minutes and 3 second with a transition from swim to bike of 4 minutes and 47 seconds. We then headed for down town to meet up with Trina, Holly and Jolene. That's then the day got interesting. Yes it was rain was expected but only a little and that is another reason we stopped at the house...to get rain coats. Best move I could have made. Once downtown it started to pour. I parked the car and just sat there watching the wipers working overtime and still falling behind with the rain on the windows. I could not believe I had forget an umbrella but I did. Once out of the car it took maybe a minute for me to be soaked to the bone and not caring about the weather. We started walking down the end of the bike course and ran into Jolene...Brent's sister. We then headed to the transition area for the bike and run. We did get to see Brent. Bike Transition

He did his bike portion of this race in 3 hours and 36 minutes with a transition time of 4 minutes and 19 seconds and then he was off for the run. We found a great spot to watch the run. We were able to see everyone four times. The run course was a loop on the greenbelt and they did twice and ended at Bodo. After seeing Brent start his second lap we headed to the finish line.

Looking good for the start of the run.

He did the run portion of this crazy day in 1 hour and 54 minutes...crazy if you ask me. That is a pace of 8:46.

Just crossing the finish line and getting his foil blanket

Casey was very happy to see daddy...I was trying to let Trina know Brent had finished and we would see them soon

Getting his final shot

The family after race.

What a day...we did not make it home until about 10:30. Everyone soaked to the bone and bone tired but all in all it was a fun day. Casey crashed on the ride home. I ate my supper once we got home and then feel into bed not to move until the next morning. Brent ate and then tried to calm his running mind and uneasy stomach. He did say he fully enjoyed the race and may do it again next year. His total race time was 6 hours and 35 minutes. All I can say is Wow and you will never see me doing one of these races.

More pictures

Two posts in one day...I found more pictures to post.

Casey being a strong man.

My garden...I am so happy that so far nothing has died. Minus the plants Tucker ate.
We should get some good tomatoes
The peas are starting to come as well.

Just a few of my flowers
My little man just being cute.

After all the rain in Eastern Idaho we were rewarded with this...a double rainbow. The first rainbow Casey has seen and he loved it. Its hard to see the second rainbow but its there.

The Last Few Weeks

Now I know its been a few weeks since I have posted but there is a good reason for it. With the nice weather Boise has been having I don't get to be inside much and when I am I am spending my time doing household chores... But this is a rare day that Casey is sleeping a little late and that means I can get some pictures posted.

Here are a few pictures from the Ogden marathon. Brent ran the full 26 and I did the half. Finished in a time of 1:56 which while I was very happy with that time it was a full three minutes slower than last year. :(

After party at a friend of a friends place in Ogden
After the race
Ali, Myself and ??? (I cannot remember her name) We all did the half
Me, Trina and Ali

For mothers day Brent decided that since he was not able to fix my old bike and we love to bike on the weekends I should get a new one. So we took it out for a spin.

Getting the water bottle holder on with great help from Casey
Caseys new bike. It hooks to Brents bike but does not have any power to make him go faster/slower/stop.
After the ride Brent was working on his road bike and Casey decided that he wanted to help
Loves to help daddy.


Over the last holiday we had we decided to try a fishing trip. As you can see from the pictures it was not the warmest day. Sadly we did not have a single nibble but we did get home before the rain came pouring.
Getting the lines ready
Waiting for the worm to put on his line
The very calm water we fished in
Self taken Got to love it
Another taken by Casey from the back seat

And finally this last Wednesday we took a trip to the Zoo. Casey loves the place and I very much enjoy the animals. The weather was perfect for the day, not to hot or cold and not to sunny. So we spent about two hours just walking/running around and having fun. Then headed home for a happy meal and watermelon. It turned out to be a great day.

Ground hogs
The mighty lion with his two lady lions (One is sleeping right behind him)
The giraffe
The two playful Zebras
Casey and his little meerkat friend. They a very funny little animals.

So that's the past few weeks here in Boise. I will try to do better about the posting but with even more nice weather on the way I wont promise anything.