This summer we have been busy with sports. Baseball with Evan, soccer with Madeleine, Tina and me biking and Tina and Gigi's triathlons.
To quickly recap:
Evan's travel baseball had 3 tourneys this season. We were on vacation for 1, but Evan made the other two. Their record was good and a fun time was had by all. Next for Evan... fall baseball.
Madeleine just started soccer. She plays in the 10 and under league in Towamencin, the town next to Hatfield. Technically they don't keep score in this league... and technically it's a good thing. This is more of a learning league and everyone has fun while learning the game. This is Madeleine's first year with soccer. She decided not to do cheerleading in lieu of this. She seems to be liking it very much.
Tina and I did a ride a couple of weeks ago. It was called the river to river ride. Tina did the 25 mile option while I did the 50 mile. We both finished which was good. I learned the hard way what happens when you depleat your electrolytes. I was 2 hours into the ride and as far from home as possible when I started getting muscle spasms. It turns out that I sweat all the salt out of my body and it wasn't getting replaced. Another rider stopped to give me some salt and I made it back OK. A lesson was learned and overall it was a good time.
The following weekend Tina did her triathlon. It was the SheROX Philadelphia race. Tina signed up with a couple of friends while Gigi was the 3rd leg of a relay team. The day started out raining. We thought it would blow over... we were wrong... very wrong. I had the kids with me with another friend and his daughter watching the race when a storm came through. It was probably the worst rainstorm I had seen in years and we were outside the whole time. Tina was on the last leg and Gigi was waiting to start her part when 60 mile and hour winds came through with lightning and torrental rains shut down the race. We were told about 4" of rain came through in an hour. Unfortunately Gigi didn't even get to start. Since there were still people on the course we didn't know where to go. Eventually we found everyone and made our way home. It turns out that the Schuylkill Expressway in addition to several other roads were closed so it made a 40 ride into a 90 ride. This is a race we won't soon forget.
