Laurie's World

Rachael and Jackie participated in the Issaquah Triathlon today…They did FANTASTIC!

Here they are getting marked with their numbers…

Here they are waiting to start the race…

This is the girls after they finished…Jackie’s chip was not working properly, so we do not know her real time…I think she finished 4 or 5 minutes after Rachael.  Rachael came in first in her age group by almost three minutes!! They "swam" 75 meters, biked 3.3 kilometers and ran 1 kilometer in this race. This is definitely the longest tri either of the girls have been in (particularly for the bike part–that is usually one mile)…so this was a definite push for both of them…the running was no problem as they both run between one and two miles routinely in their sports. And the water is too shallow to really swim in, so that part is more of a wade. Which as it happens this time was very good news since the water in Lake Samammish was very cold still…the race organizers recommended wet suits, but we do not own such a thingSo they toughed it out…

and having a little snack after…there were four grills gong, grilling up free bratwurst for the crowd!!

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