And while I was gone, apparently this happened:

Luckily Eleanor agreed to give me a demonstration so I could get it on film iPhone. I heard she had it down pat by her second try, and she’s been asking ever since to take the training wheels off of her own bike.

These kids! Why won’t they listen to their mother and quit growing up so fast?

He developed tendonitis in his Achilles, and irritation in his foot’s sesamoid bone, so he hadn’t run more than 45 minutes straight in a couple months.

Race day had >90% humidity, and a yellow flag caution to runners to be careful of weather conditions.

But he did it!

Andy completed his first half-marathon on Saturday, with a very respectable time of 2:23:08. As he breezed past the kids and me a half-mile from the finish line, he certainly didn’t look like a guy dealing with injuries and worries that he wouldn’t be able to finish. He looked like a seasoned runner and champ and I couldn’t be prouder.