The Spudman

Burley, Idaho is the proud sponsor of the Spudman Triathlon, which has been up and running for the past 21 years. My uncle Brent participated in it last year, along with my cousin, and he recruited many of us from the family to sign up and participate in it this year. My mother, sister and I signed up as a team with each of us doing a different event, but then my mother had to back out due to some health issues. So my aunt Lisa jumped in and took my mom's biking portion.

You are supposed to wear these timers on your ankles that keeps your time and this is my face when we realized that we had forgotten it back in the truck .5 miles away with only 8 minutes left before I was to get in the water.

Preparing for the start of my 1 mile swim/float down the Snake River

My aunt Lisa setting out on the 26 mile bike portion My sister Erin getting ready to sprint through her 6 mile run section

Team Lauritzen at the end of the race

I plan on signing up for the Spudman next year and training to do the whole thing myself. My uncle Brian would also like all to know that he completed the whole thing himself in 2 hours 31 minutes.

Our results are finally in.....3 hours 17 minutes 16 seconds 34 miliseconds