Wow, what a day. It started with us leaving the house at 6:00 am so Brian could participate in a triathlon. This was not any triathlon. Nope, this was the USA Triathlon Nationals. I don't know exactly how registration worked, but somehow it was open for the sprint distance. Brian signed up months ago with grand plans of training and kicking some butt. Needless to say, his training has been close to zero, and this was the only race he's been in this year. He ran to the pool on Friday and swam a few laps. He did an open water swim yesterday along with some yard work. And that, was pretty much it. He wasn't going to do this race. People from all 50 states were represented. It was fast. It's the best of the best. The swim started at Discovery World, and was an in-water start, which he actually really liked. The ride went over the notoriously windy Hoan Bridge, then up Lake Drive. The run was up the lakefront. Brian did it -- but he said he'll never disrespect the sport by going in to something like this untrained again. Regardless, as most triathlons are, it was completely inspiring. To see these people travel from so far to have a chance of completing in the top was amazing. Watching the 15 and 16 year olds completely kill it was awesome (the top woman overall is a 16 year old girl, who came in just over an hour). But even better yet was the older people. Like the 89 year old male or 82 year old woman, who while they are the only ones in their categories, held their own. The 65-69 year old male category alone had 39 people. I think it's absolutely incredible. Yesterday was the Olympic Distance race. I can only imagine how awesome that event must have been too.
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