Spent the morning as a very enthusiastic supporter of Ruth and Jeff at the Black Hills Triathlon. Ruth kicked some serious ass and it showed especially with her even faster stronger bike split than last year. While the overall results are not yet in, she placed 4th in her very competitive age group.

Jeff is the only person I have even known who actually gets stronger DURING a race. He started out the morning very sick, to the point where he could not even drive...and then had a really good swim, super strong bike and lightening fast transitions before he was almost taken down by leg cramps early into the run. But he finished steady despite the pain he was in -- with a smile on his face if you can believe that.