The Hermannsburg Mudman

This weekend was the Hermannsburg Mudman Triathlon. Well done to Wolfgang (swimming), Hermann (25km mountain cycle) and Brenda (Running) for competing in the team race. It was a roaster of a day. Me, Anya, Jan, Katharine, Kate and Jess spent most of the afternoon camped under the trees at the side of the sports field waiting for the runners to finish the race. By the time all Jan's friends had arrived, there were 9 toddlers and babies. It was organised chaos. Kate & Jess competed in the Mudskippers competition for preschoolers and were very cute when they ran the last lap, with Brenda, to help her over the finish line. True to form, 'the boys' took ages to return from getting showered and changed. Eventually we went to look for them and found them exiting the beer tent, beers in hand! The evening was topped off with a braai at Mark's Uncle Dieter's. It was a great evening, but despite Mark's best efforts to get everyone to stay, the Mum's and Babes had the last say. By 9pm it was the witching hour and by 10.30pm there were kids passed out everywhere. The Froonchen slept through most of the noise and dodgy music, only waking up briefly when we got back to Greytown. Just as well, as Hermann was pissed, sunburned and knackered. Nevertheless, he still managed to get up for the 3am feed!