IC members tackled the Golder Bear Triathlon this morning:
1. Kim Martinez en route to Valley Road
2. Getting ready for Lake Anza
3. Greg Free sprinting (as usual) to the next leg
4. Jeff Dibiase conquers phase 1
5. Mallory on stand by for photography and moral support
6. Jess transitions from wet suit to bike apparel
7. John Martinez ecstatic to start the ride
Congratulations all! It sure looks like fun.
Congratz Jess on your hardware! Everyone did amazing, I was super impressed! Go team IC .
The athletes at the IC never stop impressing me! Congrats to all. You make it look easy =)
Lookin’ good out there guys!!!
You are astounding! So strong and inspiring. You ROCK!
What a great finish! I was so excited to see how great you all did. I am very proud of each of the IC competitors cause you really represented yesterday….
I know Jessica’s mom was also happy Jeff made it through the swimming… Hehehe
Congratulations everyone!
How do you do that #$*@!!! Amazing….. and you do make it look like fun!
Great photos!
Congrats to all the IC competitors. You are all amazing. Everyone had great finish times. Jess came in third place for her age group. This is phenomenal considering she only had several weeks to train for this.
I heard the running portion was murderous. Thanks for inspiring us!
That is incredible! You guys are amazing. I hope it was as fun (I suppose that’s a relative term) as it looks!
You guys are amazing! Congrats!
Congratulations! You’re making all of us Chamber folk look so good out in the real world. Go team IC! Way to represent!
Yes, there were definitely fun parts: the nervous jittering together before the early morning lake swim (we scared the ducks right out of the pond!), the sprinklers that went off at the wrong time and soaked many of the bikes, the realization that you are done with the swim, and then done with the bike ride are all great moments.
The run…well…it was murderous. “Hilly” didn’t really describe it: three miles mostly uphill in the hot sun, then turn around and go back. You’re so tired that is doesn’t matter that you’re running mostly downhill — you’re too thirsty and the vultures are circling…and then Jess breezes by with her perky smile and asks for forgiveness for coming up with this crazy idea in the first place!
The big surprise for me was that all the competitors along the way were cheering for each other as they passed on the trail: “good job!” “way to go!” “you’re almost there!” There was a guy I chatted with while passing him early in the running portion who later caught up with me again near the end of the race. We weren’t sure we’d make it to the finish until we agreed to cross the finish line together. I think his name was Gary.. I remember that his wife had packed him lots of snacks, but they ran out too soon… – the important part was that we both wanted to finish and wanted to help each other get to the end – even though we were strangers several hours ago…
All in all, I’d do it again…..after a long recovery time!
Kim,
The Golden Gate Triathlon is in a few weeks. Are you game?