Day after Pac Crest

The day after my Half Ironman it was time to watch the Olympic distance athletes.
Day started early after a late night of camaraderie and beers with my house mates, friends, and fellow Half Ironman athletes. Met Seth and Lindsay at the Village to take her up to Wikiup to prepare for her race, she was competing in the Oly Duathlon. It was nice to watch people get ready after the bit of intenseness the previous day. I can relax watch and cheer on my oly friends. We see Lindsay off and watch as the oly triathletes take off for the water. We cheer some out of the water and head to T2 to see our athlete friends through there. I see Lindsay come through after a quick ride, she hammered it. Then it is off to the finish area. Spend the afternoon drinking beer, watching and cheering people through to the finish. A pretty good group of us are gathered near the finish and we stay until the last athlete crosses the line. It is a good day. A considerable portion of us gather at a Mexican restaurant after gathering up Lindsay's stuff from T2. Now it is margarita time. After Lunch it is time to prepare for the post Pac Crest event TNT party. Great group of people. Lots of food, beer, friendship, post race stories, hugs. The TNT group gather and congratulates each other and gives gifts to Coaches, captains and mentor. What a great group of people, although I am not officially part of the group they take me in like one of their own. I have known many of them for two years now and it is great to share their successes. Great finish to a great weekend.