Yesterday, Ben competed (fantastically) in the Pacific Grove Triathlon - 1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run. Here are all the photos!
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| 7:00 AM, Pre-Triathlon |
My mom is awesome and came to watch Ben. She brought her nice camera and got so many great pictures for us! Thank you, Mom - all photo credit to you.
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| Coming down to the beach from the transition area. |
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| Getting the wetsuit to fit just perfectly. |
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| Ben was in the first heat (collegiate and ages 25-29) and the first heat wore blue caps. |
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| Ben is on the right, with 2 red stripes on the back of his wetsuit. |
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| There they go on their first lap - each lap was about half a mile. |
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| The swim was through thick beds of kelp - they call it the kelp crawl! |
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| Here they come swimming in from the first lap. |
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| Between laps, the triathletes had to get out of the water onto the beach, run around a boulder, and get back in for the second lap. |
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| Ben is now through the transition area, out of his wetsuit, and into his biking gear. |
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| Gotta get that Strava App started! |
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| The biking stage was 4 six-mile laps down the coast. |
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| This was a great race for spectators - we saw Ben so much! Each time I rang my cowbell as loud as I could. ;) |
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| Through transition again, and into running gear. |
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| Looking good and all smiles! |
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| The run was 3 laps down the coast to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and back. |
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| Looking so good! I was ringing my cowbell! |
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| Here he comes! |
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| Ben finished in 2 hours, 42 minutes. |
Ben finished 12th in his class - that's pretty awesome!
Seriously, so proud of my beast of my husband!!
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| Ben's training buddy, Ross. |
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| Complimentary 10-minute massage post-triathlon. |
I could not be more proud! I had so much fun watching and cheering on Ben - he was fabulous! He says it could not have gone any better for him - what more can you ask for?!
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