One year ago my brother-in-law Brad was killed in a plane accident. At the time of the crash he had been training for a triathlon. This year everyone who was able and wanted to did the St george triathlon in honor of Brad. It was really fun and exciting to see how many people came to support Erik's sister Jenny. We all wore matching blue shirts so we stood out to support those who were racing. On the day of the race it was so windy they canceled the swim, which was in a lake, and the participants had to run, bike, run instead of swim. Everyone finished and did great! This may become a yearly tradition, so hopefully I can participate next time. There was an article in the paper and a few stories on the news, click HERE and then click watch this video.
The annual St. George Triathlon is this weekend and a St. George family is competing together to remember one brother, husband, and dad who died last year.
Brad Funk was instrumental in getting his family excited about competing for last years triathlon.
A week before the 2008 race, Funk died during an Airforce training excercise.
This year, 33 family members and friends are committed to running in Funk's memory.
People will be coming in from across Utah, Nevada, Texas, Nebraska, and California to race for Brad.
Brad's wife Jenny believes even though her husband is gone, he will be there in spirit to root everyone to the finish line.
8 comments:
Skye that is so awesome. How sad, I think I remember that happening. How is your sil doing?
That is so awesome!! How did Erik do? We still need to come and see little Jack.
wow. that is awesome. i can't believe that was only a year ago. anyway, i meant to comment on your weight watchers post, but forgot. I wanted to let you know that there are a few really great fitness dvd's that i have been doing since january, and i have got the best results that i've ever gotten with working out. let me know if you want to know the names of them.
This is reallt inspiring and sweet. Thank you for sharing it.
Oh, by the way- if you get the name of those workout DVD's from "Cassandra and Trent" let me know- I am very curious!
That sounds like such a great way to honor you brother in law. I seriously can't wait to move to Vegas because the weather will be nice all the time instead of this crappy Spokane weather. Jack is getting so big! I can't believe you have 2 little boys now, it seems like only yesterday all we had to worry about was what time we were going to lay out :)
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That is so cool. I wondered how the race went! I watched the video, its so sweet! I just did 8 miles yesterday in the marathon, and am not moving today! I hope everything is good! I'm glad you like your makeup! Your boys are so freaking cute. Lets get them together. (masen still talks about that little "doll" Jack)
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