ESSAYS
Thursday, Aug. 12- Our flight is delayed as we wait for 32 more passengers that were held up due to weather out east. I am so anxious to see my teammates and friends at the race site tomorrow. We arrive at the San Diego Airport after a long flight and grab a shuttle to go rent a car so we can head to the hotel and unload the bikes. The truck with our bikes is right on time. Awesome!! Part of the team is there and we get right to work. Of course this is a team function and anything we do as a team is hardly called work.
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Miles Johnson
The day of the race began bright and early as is customary for most triathlons. I got up around 5:30 a.m. after a night’s sleep made somewhat fitful as a result of apprehension. My mom, dad and I enjoyed a light breakfast of fig newtons and then headed from a nearby hotel down to the course at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. There I was informed that I needed to tattoo on my number 84 race decals (pronounced “deckels”) before entering the transition area. I did so and proceeded to set up by racking my bike, clipping in my bike shoes and securing them in place with rubber bands, and making sure my helmet and running shoes were easily accessible. All this was simple and straightforward procedure. It wasn’t until after exiting the transition area that the butterflies started fluttering and the nerves really hit me. It certainly didn’t help my situation of adrenaline overload when I started blasting pump-up music on my iPod with sti ll nearly an hour to go before swim start.
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Carly Rivezzo
This year’s nationals had a very different starting point than I ever thought possible. After training all year with the Renegade group, which is led by John Adams and consists of a tight knit group of elite athletes from soccer players to triathletes to rugby players, I believed that I was ready for my breakout race. Aft er the months of dedication with early morning swim practices and heart-pounding rides, I was ready to take on the Junior National Championship in my hometown of San Diego. Taper week was finally upon me and I couldn’t be happier. Time to relax and spend sometime with my close friends before leaving for Colorado only two days after nationals was to take place. However I could never forget what happened on Aug. 9, 2010. My Renegade family was on the way home from a high-altitude training camp in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., when tragedy struck.
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