Kathleen's Adventures

Wow - what a day. I will start off by saying I should have volunteered for the adult race, but didn't because I didn't want to go up there by myself early this morning and there was no reason for my sister's family to head up there that early. I was waiting to see if someone would go with me and that was dumb - I should have just gone anyway. I missed the opening ceremony and wished I had been there for that. All that aside, we left my apartment around 7:15 and made the mandatory trip to Kolache Factory before heading up to Spring for Kate and Molly's race. It was supposed to start at 9, but things were running pretty late and they didn't end up starting until after 10. The weather was nice though, so that was ok. Kate approached her first triathlon like a champ. She was so brave beforehand and soooo excited to be there. Molly was a little more reserved, since she is a pro at all of this now. Molly was ahead of Kate in line, so she swam first. She looked strong ...

This race report is unlike any other I have written before. My contribution to the race was swimming a whopping 200 meters, but I feel like my participation in the race was more important than almost any other race I have ever done. It is up there with my Ironman - my Ironman being up there only because I raised $4200 for the American Cancer Society. However, this race yesterday taught me far more about cancer and the people it affects.My niece, Molly (9) completed her first triathlon yesterday, and my sister, her husband, and I competed in the adult relay. The adult race was a 200m swim/6 mile bike/2 mile run. The kids race was a 100m swim/3 mile bike/1 mile run. The swim was a pool swim, so it was seeded by race number, fastest swimmers first, slowest last. I volunteered for packet-pickup the day before where I met Stephanie and Greg Johnson for the first time. They truly are amazing people. I had noticed on the registration list that Stephanie was racer #1. I thought that was so a...