I arrive after my beauty rest, as the swimmers begin to come in... |
Ferrell gets out of the water |
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Ferrell calculates he'll save time over all if he puts on some footwear for the long run to the bike transition |
A good ocean swim pumps up the spirits and the adrenaline |
I hop on my bike just to do the one venue, out to Davenport and back |
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Ferrell passes me on the bike |
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I'm sailing along up Hwy 1, feeling great.... and all of a sudden, Mother Nature sinks a big fat nail right into my kevlar tire! WTH?! |
The nail went through to my aluminum rim and bent back on itself 180 degrees - and was in no way going to be pulled out. I could've used a pair of pliers to straighten the nail - not available. 20 minutes later, I finally re-mount, my race in ruins! |
These energetic young volunteers got me back in the proper mood. |
I didn't plan to do the run anyway, so now I was on photo duty. Ferrell miraculously recovered from his rail disaster in the Big Kahuna race 3 weeks ago. |
Strong finish, Rick! |
Post-race story swapping among Team Spokesman |
Hey, who's that poser in amongst... |
...the winners: Rich Robinson, and Rick Ferrell. Excellent effort, guys! |
Phil Furniss completed the picture - the podium people! |
I couldn't stay for the awards ceremony. I had to hurry home to prepare for my big day in front of the cameras - a panel discussion in front of the public on the perils of Climate Change with visiting luminary Professor Guy McPherson, and then in front of the cameras for TV for a moderated discussion. They'll both be on Youtube at some point.
Well, given my bike breakdown, it's a good thing I didn't plunk down money to enter the race, something I'd planned to do until I found the filming schedule. Congratulations to Rick Ferrell for another piece of hardware in his last big tri year.
