Race in Photos
My friend Amanda was out at the race from 6 am to 4 pm, rooting me on at every turn and taking some fantastic photos. She really captured the day:
And the celebratory margarita:
And that is the last tri post for a while, I promise. Thank you again for all your kind words. Soon we will return to our previously scheduled crafting/cooking/political ranting.
~K
Great photos, Kel. Thanks for sharing and congrats again.
October 29th, 2007 at 9:49 amAren’t you the cutest, powder-blue thing! You look so fresh!
Looks like a big race - huge transition area. YOU may be tired of it, I want details! How was the course? What was the best leg? Did you really change under a towel? What did you eat? Um, and it looks like everybody else was in a wetsuit - how cold was the water?
October 29th, 2007 at 9:54 amTHAT IS F’IN AWESOME!!! I could totally feel the anxiety, excitement and adrenaline in those pictures - you must have been ready to burst going into the water.
A million congrats on the 1/2 Ironman - that is incredible and I’m way ultra proud of you and want to hug you at this very moment because you are so awesome.
And I loved LOVED the text yesterday - you ROCKED it, baby! How many people can really say that - “I rocked a 1/2 ironman”? Not a lot, that’s for sure.
XOXOXOXOXOXO
October 29th, 2007 at 10:16 amFin
Gosh, that girl standing behind you looks like a girl I knew many years ago: Vicki Peters–except she’d be 56, like me! Congrats again to the winner, and to the photographer. Great shots!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:19 amI’m lovin’ your coodinating outfits.
Congratulations, that’s quite a feat you accomplished.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:35 amCongrats!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:38 amwhoo-hoo!!! you are totally awesome. i love the photo of you waiting to swim–so africankelli with the punch of teal in a sea of gray bodysuits.
go kelli!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:39 am:-) I loved how whenever I saw you, you were STILL smiling.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:46 amI love the one of you at the finish line. I’m practically crying.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:47 amCongrats, Kelli! What an amazing accomplishment!!
October 29th, 2007 at 10:48 amFYI for the audience, Kelli was one of only THREE people in the entire swim without a wetsuit.
October 29th, 2007 at 10:54 amGreat job, Champ!
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October 29th, 2007 at 11:06 amWhat great pictures! You make it look like it was so easy. (altho I sure know it’s not)
October 29th, 2007 at 11:20 amSo how come all the wetsuits? Was the water super cold?
You rock! No wetsuit?? Beautiful and inspiring photos.
October 29th, 2007 at 11:39 amCongrats Kelly! You should be quite proud!
October 29th, 2007 at 11:40 amThanks for sharing these - you’re my idol!
October 29th, 2007 at 11:47 amyou look so happy & healthy! i’m so proud of you & inspired by you.
October 29th, 2007 at 12:07 pmCongratulations!!! What an accomplishment! I can’t believe you were still awake enough after the half iron and the margarita to pose for a picture. I was passed out two hours after my sprint tri last year. Go you!
October 29th, 2007 at 12:15 pmCongratulations! You must feel SO happy at what you’ve accomplished!!
October 29th, 2007 at 12:19 pmCongrats! : )
October 29th, 2007 at 12:26 pmWell done, girl.
October 29th, 2007 at 12:41 pmIsn’t it great to fulfill one’s plan and dream!
You are radiating joy being on the trip you were working at for so long.
Hello from Hamburg
:-Tally-:
really? the last one for awhile? oh, i’m going to miss these posts! i’ve loved reading about your training, and i’ve been on pins and needles waiting for the report. it looks like all that training was put to good use…you hardly look like you broke a sweat! huzzah!
October 29th, 2007 at 12:44 pmCongratulations Kelli, Go Girl! What a lovely friend to take the photos for you. I agree, she really captured your day for you. Captured all your blood sweat and tears…. Maybe not the tears. or tears of joy that it was over.?
October 29th, 2007 at 12:50 pmGreat photos! You should be very proud of your accomplishment! Very inspiring!
October 29th, 2007 at 1:35 pmI love the one of you waiting to swim, and the fact that your outfits all coordinated : )
October 29th, 2007 at 1:44 pmI was impressed before but the photos are really making me go WOW!
Wow look at you go!! And look how you have energy to smile so brightly in every photo!
October 29th, 2007 at 1:54 pmUAU!
October 29th, 2007 at 2:25 pmGreat job Kelli! What an awesome accomplishment.
October 29th, 2007 at 2:26 pmWow, wow, wow! You look so happy and healthy and STYLISH in these photos! Great job (again)!!!
October 29th, 2007 at 2:44 pmYEAH FOR YOU KELLI!!!! All that and you looked amazing too!! If you weren’t so sweet, I’d hate you!! You’d never catch me lookin’ that gorgeous through all that stuff!! I’d have been all red and blotchy–after the paramedics carried me away on a stretcher two steps from the start line!! YOU GO GIRL! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!! EXCELLENT Work!
October 29th, 2007 at 3:53 pmYou are my new hero Kelli! Brava! You must feel great at that accomplishment.
October 29th, 2007 at 4:12 pmwell done! and with your own cheersquad you didn’t have to resort to wearing your name across the front of you like me!
congrats
October 29th, 2007 at 4:44 pmYou, my dahlin, are beautiful! So glad you got those great pictures of the tri!!! I love the 2nd one, your face has so much emotion in it!!
October 29th, 2007 at 4:46 pmThe photos are great and reveal the beauty of one special person. Congratulations, Kelli.
October 29th, 2007 at 4:46 pmCONGRATS, Kelli! So inspired by your accomplishment!
October 29th, 2007 at 4:56 pmYou ROCK girlfriend!
October 29th, 2007 at 5:50 pmthose are so awesome!! i am so proud of you dear friend!
October 29th, 2007 at 6:12 pmI have enjoyed all of your posts!
Congrats for finishing!!
I am so proud of you.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:41 pmWonderful pictures, Kelli–it was so sweet of Amanda to document your race this way. I am so happy for this big success for you!
October 29th, 2007 at 7:00 pmWow, after all of that you still have a smile on your face!
October 29th, 2007 at 7:28 pmHow did you get into that water without a wet suit. Congrats. to you. By the way, torq. is your color.
October 29th, 2007 at 8:08 pmYou are a super star!! Great photos.
October 29th, 2007 at 8:11 pmI love the fact that you were always smiling! That’s tell us how much you did enjoy being there, righ? Thanks for sharing your experience with us and thanks Amanda for the chronicle. And don’t worry, reading your training step by step was like sweating along with you………..well, sort of.
October 29th, 2007 at 11:53 pmI love the posts on your training! Keep up the awesome work! CONGRATS!
October 30th, 2007 at 4:56 amWhat a fantastic accomplishment…really. I’m in awe of your training schedule and the discipline it took this past year. That big ol grin you had in all of those photos says a lot.
October 30th, 2007 at 5:17 amYou are one buff, hot chick. And why do I have a feeling that you were the most color-coordinated, stylin’ one out there?
October 30th, 2007 at 6:11 amwow! it was almost like i was there.
October 30th, 2007 at 6:15 amHurray for Amanda for capturing the moments! It’s awesome to see you in action and it looks like you did an awesome job and had fun in the process!
Also glad to see that you celebrated your victory! You deserve to be celebrating all month long.
October 30th, 2007 at 6:51 amFANTASTIC!
and you’re smiling in every shot! That is unbelievable and I’m so dang proud of you I cant stand it. What an awesome accomplishment. If you’re not a Renaissance woman, I don’t know who is! 
Whohoo!
October 30th, 2007 at 7:54 amGreat job #206!!! You look awesome! The pictures are all wonderful.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:32 amCongrats!!
October 30th, 2007 at 9:30 amCongrats! You look great!
October 30th, 2007 at 9:54 amYou are amazing–hard working, focused and dedicated!Congratulations!!! I think it’s pretty obvious from your photos that you were feeling ALL the love from your supporters! What a fortunate girl.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:32 amGirl, you rock! If only those people could have heard all the “Good luck!” and “Way to go!” shouts from your Internet peeps…that would have really knocked them out.
Rest, relax and enjoy that margarita- you deserve it!
October 30th, 2007 at 5:30 pmAwesome. Congratulations. So. a few days later still thinking of Tempe 2009?
October 30th, 2007 at 5:53 pmThis is so awesome! Congratulations - you rock!
October 31st, 2007 at 9:33 amSo proud. So, so proud. You earned that margarita, and how sweet was it?!
October 31st, 2007 at 3:28 pmoh kelli… i am catching up here… can’t believe i missed the triathalon!! well, a very huge and belated congratulations to you!! i am so proud of you. you are an inspiration in so many ways and it is wonderful to hear about this accomplishment!! enjoy that margarita
October 31st, 2007 at 7:34 pmxo
Good job, girl!!!
Parabéns!
October 31st, 2007 at 10:44 pmwow! Isn’t it wonderful to be healthy!!!!
November 1st, 2007 at 4:36 amI admire your tenacity to reach this goal!
CONGRATS! again, this is a great accomplishment and you have worked so hard for it too!!!!
Congratulations, Kelli! I’m so impressed (but not surprised) with your achievement. Rest, relax, and recouperate, and bask in the glow of your accomplishment.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:24 amCongratulations!!! I’m impressed how fast you were and how good you look on the finish line! You can be very proud about yourself.
eve
November 1st, 2007 at 5:30 amCongratulations Kelli!
November 1st, 2007 at 3:28 pmWow, that looks like a great race. I love the photo of the transition area. Congrats - you deserve that margarita!
November 2nd, 2007 at 2:26 pmCongratulations… love the smiles all the way through. As they say in Australia, “good on ya!”
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November 30th, 2007 at 2:19 pm