Wow! What a wet day! This morning two friends and I arrived at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos before the crack of dawn to set up my vendor booth at the Race. The rain was intense and the wind was right there with it. After standing in the rain for about 5 minutes I made the decision that I did not want to set up my booth even though I had a SUPER CUTE display!!! There was just no way all of the photos would survive that weather.
So we improvised and walked around meeting people and passing out this card:
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It always amazes me to watch athletes compete in their sport despite the odds that are against them, be it physical limitations, weather or sheer challenge of the event. Today was no exception as I watched hundreds of people start the run portion of the reverse triathlon just as it started pouring. The kids’ run, which was earlier in the day, went off well though with no rain! It was cute watching the kids’ personalities… some of them were hard core, some of them were just having fun, some didn’t really fully get what was going on, but they were enjoying themselves none the less (well, most of them). Check out some pics from my iphone!
Finally stopped raining around 7am:
Jumping in the river!
Reason number 49 that I am glad I did not set up my booth!
10k In-line skate/wheelchair race:
Kids’ race warm-up:
And they’re off!!!!
