I spent all morning out in the rain. It's, um, chilly out there after a little while.

I volunteered at the Kirkland Kid's Tri this morning, so I got to watch a couple of hundred little kids suck it up and do a mini-tri in this weather, and do it with awesome attitudes (they were really most excited about the bodymarking and the finisher medals). Some of the youngest ones were so cold they were shivering on their bikes, but they weren't going to stop for anything.

Training wheels in a triathlon are a riot, by the way. And there was one girl who refused to use her training wheels, so her father ran the bike course with her to help keep her upright the whole way. But some of those kid's bikes made me want to put a basket and streamers on my road bike, they were so decked out with sparkly fun things. (I was working the turnaround point on the bike course, so I got to see every bike out there.)

I promptly went to REI after the kid's race to buy a sleeved shirt, because I don't think any of my sleeveless tanks are going to cut it for this weather.