Hey- I was there too! Only I was standing around in that ubiquitous green vest trying to answer questions about "open-water swim goggles" when they let y'all out of the seminar.

Good grief. My only real beef with the seminar program is I feel they try to push gear on to new triathletes as a way to alleviate anxiety. Last year it was heart-rate monitors, this year apparently it's special goggles. There were several women who looked at me in disbelief when I said I used my regular goggles in the lake just fine, and that whatever fits your head well will work well.

But it was fun to pop all those pink balloons after work. Yes, we did give some away to kids and such.