06/18/2005

This weekend we have a lighter training schedule so we decided to meet in front of Starbucks on St. Armand’s Circle.

It was a beautiful warm Saturday morning and as we struck out for Longboat Key we were surprised to see police cars stationed at each of the intersection. This seemed odd, but a bit like a preview of what our walk would be like in Tampa in October.

We soon found out why they were there. We were walking in the middle of the Longboat Key Triathlon! What seemed like hundreds of bike riders started whizzing by as we finished our first two miles. Luckily, we were turning back to finish our last half around the outer streets of St. Armand’s key so we were not impeding their competition!

It was entertaining to watch all those superb athletes flying by on their bikes.

We felt like the tortoises and the hares!