A couple of years ago, I ran the St. Louis half-marathon, only I didn’t. Having registered but not undertaken the requisite training, David chose to run the race in my stead. And I finished quite nicely, thank you very much. What’s that scripture passage about building a tower?
The biathlon (which more correctly should have been called a duathlon) at Highland this Memorial Day was one that I had also thought of under taking, but couldn’t quite manage to train for the five mile run in time. I did, however, go along for moral support, and to take pictures. I am still getting the hang of sports photography.
The 5 mile run and 15 mile bike route was lead off by a gentleman in a wheelchair. Amazing. I can’t imagine how he handled the hills.

I managed to catch the frontrunners…

…but didn’t manage to catch decent shots of David until the end of the run and the transition to the bike.




Here is the specialized bike of the gentleman in the wheelchair which is pedaled using one’s hands and, I think, his everyday wheelchair. I am not sure if he had any help in the transitions, but I imagine he is pretty self-sufficient.

Here is David finishing along with another rider who seems to have hit the pavement somewhere along the rainy course.



The end of a 19 mph average bike segment. Nice.

In this final shot, David represents his cycling club, which in turn represents Christ. In a cool story, during the run a fellow runner remarked how the ICCC put on the best post-race food for the races they sponsor. There is a point for doing everything well as unto Christ.