DONE!!!!

Beautiful morning for a race. Little chilly at 5:30 am but by 9 am it was probably 70 degrees. Jeff was up early with not a lot to say (which is a good thing). He stayed away from everyone until about 20 minutes before. After warming up they were off. Hopefully have some really cool video of this. Craig - I know you are thinking shut up Carla we just want to know how he did - wait I will just check the website (hehe).

Jeff had an excellent first run (the long portion) -he had the 3rd bike out in his age group - headed out for the loops on the bike which is really cool because normally you don't see much of the bike. He looked well on all the loops - Jeff said to make sure Craig knew he left nothing out on the course (especially skin like some of the guys did). Didn't see it but apparantly he lost a little skin on his back in the dismount area, said he couldn't get out of his pedals fast enough. Headed out for the last run and you could tell he gave it everything on the bike. The one guy that he would love to beat came in 3rd overall. Rebecca and I started to get a little nervous becaue Jeff wasn't in site. Then there he was - he looked good (but spent which is good) and after seeing the posted results he finished 6th in the World's. I think we are all extremely happy with the finish. He was hoping for top 50% and beat that goal.

Words from Jeff - Thanks to everyone that helped me prepare mentally and physically for the bike - especially Craig (Egg). Thank to Mark Crow for coaching me mentally with your Ironman experience. Thanks to Shawn Ellis for loaning me his wheels - they worked out great. Thanks to everyone that has given financial sponsorship- it would have been difficult to be here without it.

Now words from Carla - He is mine for altleast 1 week - no he can not come out and play with you guys.