Hail to the Victors! The Madison Fitness Triathlon.

Now I chose not to participate. I was on the fence till right near the end. Sometimes you need to be honest with yourself. I was profiling a group of local women competing in their first race for a magazine feature. How could I write about their experience if I was so busy into mine? And if honest…

 I saw the long range weather forecast.

A blast of very unseasonable cold weather was due the morning of event. I don’t do cold. I have done cold, not in triathlons, but in footraces. And I have wept.

Race day was beautiful and cold. Part of me wished I was lining the pool with everyone – so many of my friends – to do the darn thing. But there are plenty of triathlons in my future (like summer future). I took tons of pictures and will share them with you. Here are a few of the extra-special people who lined up at the start and were WAY tougher than me on race day… 

I learned lots standing cheering on the sidelines that day. Most importantly, there might be plenty of races…but there is only one Madison.

Hail to the Victors! 

Joe and Mary Claire Cardwell. Daddy is a fellow Cotton-Patch Triclub member and finished 2nd in Clydesdale division. Mary Claire competed in swim portion of second place relay team.

Joe proudly admitted his daughter’s swim time bested his.  

 

 

   

Chanin Gill, Rodney Whitaker and Karen Spence.

 Everyone always seems so interested in their time. Like this was a race or something??