Pole Pedal Paddle

This last weekend was the annual Pole Pedal Paddle. This was the third year I have participated. I always do the Paddle portion of the race, cause I am not running or biking and definitely not skiing! This year we wanted to improve our time and of course, beat the other bank team. We did both. Our time to beat was 2 hours and 56 minutes and we did it in 2:54! I hope to post a team picture as soon as I get one...

The following day was the Kids' Mini Pole Pedal Paddle. Jayden has been wanting to do this for several years and I always forgot until it was too late. Not this year! Jayden and 5 of his friends got together as team: Jake's Diner: Legend of Super Chicken Samurai. Obviously-Dad sponsored. All the boys had cool tees made up w/ their team name on it.

Left to right: Jayden, Kal-El, Reese, Parker, Kellon, and Luke. What a good lookin' team!

The race started w/ the raft leg in the Deschutes River. Our boys had a rough start as several of them were still standing on the beach when the starting horn blew. They then had to paddle down river a ways. Hope to post a video of the team paddling down the river soon.

Jayden had to jump out of the boat first and sprint to his bike to do the bike leg.

Then he ran to his team and...
...Kellon ran the obstacle course...

... Kal-El ran the obstacle course...
...Luke...
...Reese...
...and Parker ran the final leg to the finish.

At the awards ceremony, the team all yelled "Eat at Jake's".
So where do you suppose the team goes to celebrate? Brownie Sundaes to end the day!

Thank you Dad for sponsoring the team. You do so much for us and we don't tell you enough how much we appreciate it. We love you!