Pirate Triathlon

Today was the Pirate Triathlon at Fairport Harbor. A few months ago Helen Curtindale got the bright idea that this would be a lot of fun to do as a team. (She was right) She wanted to bike the 10K, I'd run the 5K, and Tom Hunter said he'd kayak.
Throughout this process of figuring out if we were going to do this and who would do what I asked Mike if he wanted to bike and I'd run and we could find someone to swim. No, no, he didn't want to do that. But after I agreed to be on Helen's team, he decided he wanted to do it too. So Terry Byers said he'd swim and Jake Byers said he'd run.
Mike has been very excited/nervous/anxious about the whole thing as this was his very first race of any kind. Being that it was my third such event I was the old pro (HA). We got there (early) and as I was standing around I see these hats...and I looked to the heads...and it was the Morgans! Of course they dressed up and if there had been a contest, they would have won :)
It has been SO very HOT and HUMID this past week but the weather forecast all week called for a cold front to push through Saturday and much cooler and less humid conditions on Sunday. Well, the front didn't roll though until 7:45 am Sunday. The race was delayed while the lightning flashed over the lake and the wind picked up along with the waves. But it did clear, and they cut the swim/kayak portion to only go east in the water and run back to the transition area.
It poured during the kayak portion and during the bike portion. Erin and I tried our best to keep our shoes dry by standing under a tree (and Erin put her parrot over her shoes). Helen beat Mike back to end the bike portion and I was off ~ I even passed a few people on the big hill up High Street. Jake Byers smoked past me during the end of the first mile, so Mike's team beat ours. (We did it in 1:23:30) The run was great ~ it wasn't quite 3.1 (I checked google maps and it's right around 2.8 miles) but I did it in 20:55. Not too shabby for this 41 year old.
They made us all write our age on our right calf ~ and it was kind of fun to pass much younger people!