I took my friend Sherry to her first tri today. She races mt bikes with me on the same team. She basically rocks. She came down with her DH and two of her three little boys last night. We had a sleepover becuase the race start was at the crack of dawn. 4 am wake-up call.
Anyhoo, the swim has been her big block and over the last year she has worked relly hard to get that up to speed. I picked this race for the 1/4 mile swim. When we got there and I looked at the course I did a big ut-oh. there was no way it was a 1/4 mile. Way, way long. She was a trooper, and got through it and then rocked it out on the bike.
I placed first in my ag and she placed 5th in hers. The slide show tells the story. It was a great day......she is in the pink hammer tri top, I am in the black 2xu suit.

Oh and you could wear a wetsuit, but if you did, they would not let you place in your ag....strange.

http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s...t=480e4f0b.pbw