Tom's first century

I just have to brag for a minute, I mean isn't that what blogs are for? My husband is incredible. He is my hero. I've always known he is my hero, but today he proved it once again to me. Back in April (which wasn't that long ago) we bought road bikes. After doing two small triathlons on mountain bikes and realizing that if he and I were going to keep doing these triathlons, then we knew that we needed to get road bikes to make it a much more enjoyable experience. For those of you who know the difference between mountain bikes and road bikes, you'd understand. It's a completely different world on a road bike!! I love my new bike!! Okay, back to my story now. We bought the road bikes, and then like three days later Thomas signed up to do the 100 mile bike ride for MS. Pretty ambitous, don't ya think? At first I thought he was crazy! I mean he just got the bike and was already signing up to do a century ride? What the? But then I just went along with it, like I usually do. And it was for a good cause, so I thought that was cool. Well, today was the day of the ride. We went to Logan along with all the other 3500 people riding in it, and it was awesome. I always get emotional at events like this. Crossing a finish line, or watching others cross the finish line after intense physical exertion and endurance is so spiritual for me. I was just glad that I had my sunglasses on, so people couldn't see me get teary. After watching many people come across the line, I was very anxious to see Thomas finish. Let me tell you, I didn't have to wait long at all! He came in and looked great! He said he hurt like hell, but I thought he looked great. He finished the ride in seven hours. A pretty dang good time if you ask me, especially since thirty minutes of that was taken up by getting his bike repaired. What an incredible day. I think it might have even inspired me to do it next year. Great job babe, I'm so proud.