Officer Bob Gagen participated in the Western States Police and Fire Games in Boise, Idaho,  August 16-23, 2008.  He took a silver medal in the triathlon! The triathlon consists of: a 1500 meter swim; a 40 K bike ride (25 miles) and a 10K run (6.2 miles).  These events are done all at one time, one right after another and are divided into age groups.  Bob’s age group is the Men’s Master “B”- 45-49 year old.  The fastest combined time wins. Our Bob did it in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 26 seconds (2:11:36).  The winner's time was 2:03:48.  Congratulations and great job!

 Bob trained for months at our local swim pool.  He cycles and runs all the time.  Bob has previously done Police and Fire Games in Florida and California.  He has participated in International Games as well.

Next years competition will be held in Santa Clarita, Calif.   The 2009 World Games will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.