Boise Half Ironman

I headed to Boise this weekend for the Boise Half Iron man. My good friends Jen and Grover were doing it. Friday we started the long drive up to Boise. We got to Boise just in time for Jen to register and get a picture at the finish line ...

It was AMAZING to see this race. It started in Lucky Peak Reservoir, which was beautiful. The weather was perfect. Once we parked we had a nice little hit to get to the reservoir. Everyone was excited...

They dropped their bikes and got ready for the swim.


Jen and Grover


The crowd at the reservoir was amazing... it was so cool to see all the athletes lines up in their heats to get ready to swim.


This was Jen's heat getting ready to get int he water. Jen is at the very end waving!!!


And they are off!!! 1.2 miles to swim


Grover coming out of the water...




Jenny Lane coming out of the water.. smile on her face like always.


Jen's transition to her bike.


After the swim we ran a few errands and then headed downtown to see the bike to run transition. We missed Grover int he transition and first lap run, but we got to see Jen.


Jen on her first lap of the run...


Grover Finishing.... He did awesome.
He finished in 5 hrs and 34 mins.



Jen rocked it!! She is amazing.
She finished in 5 hrs and 56 mins.


She had the biggest smile on her face the whole time!


Jen after the race picking up her stuff

I came around the corner of a truck and saw Grover sitting in it away from the wind.


Jen and Grover after the race. They are both so inspiring to me

Jen and her friend Stephen

I was truly so inspired and seeing the race was awesome. I am so glad I went up. Kirk and Marylane Newman were so awesome to let me tag along. It really made me want to do it... So I have high hopes for next year doing it! I know it seems crazy, but watching the race really made me want to do it.

On top of seeing the race I fell in love with Boise. The whole city was so awesome. It felt like a mix between Colorado and Salt Lake City. Lucky Peak reservoir was so pretty.

Lotoja 2009

I ran support for the Lotoja 2009 race this year. I would not say that it was fun... but it was definitely a moving experience.

Lotoja.. is a 206 mile bike race from Logan to Jackson Hole Wyoming in one day. First riders leave at 5:45 a.m. and the last riders have to be to Jackson Hole before dark.

I ran support for Alex and Jason and lets just say it was a long day. At 2:45 a.m. my alarm went off and was on the road at 3:15. Drove to Logan and met up with Jason and Erin (who were smart and stayed in Logan the night before). The guys took off at 5:47 a.m. and I got gas and hit the road. I didn't have to run support at the first two feed zone, so I took a nice scenic drive towards bear lake. I was exhausted and tried to take a nice snooze before the guys rolled in. I ran into the Seiverts and the Sepulvedas. After the boys passed then I played leap frog all day. I would drive forward and take pictures, pass the guys again and head to the feed zones. Thanks to Niki and her kids, it made the day better. After the last feed zone I hurried to the finish line so I could snap some pictures of the guys and Erin coming in. It was a moving experience seeing people be on their bikes for 206 miles. I saw so many emotions out of so many people and I felt for them. Finishing Lotoja is such an accomplishment and it inspired me to want to do it next year.

Anyway it was fun taking pictures of the guys and lets just say it was nice to finally get out of the car.

Joey Sepulveda








Alex, Jason and Joey








This is an interesting shot... The second guy back is Randy a guy my Dad biked a lot with, then Joey, and Alex and Jason. It was just by chance that they were all together on this part of the journey.


Erin finishing strong.... she did amazing




this was the finish line.. I thought it was pretty funny


the finish line for Alex


My Dad and Tony were supposed to ride Lotoja with the Lexus team. Due to my Dad's serious accident and Tony getting hit by a car and not having a bike for some time, they both were not able to ride it this year. So as I stayed at the finish line to watch them come through it was a bitter sweet feeling. I felt bad that they couldn't participate, but it was nice to see Chris and Rick come through and finish strong.