PhotoHunt 192: Fast

I’m a week late getting my PhotoHunt entry posted. I was still on vacation last week when the topic was posted and then promptly forgot all about it when I got home due to the holiday. I’ll try and get my entry up for this week’s subject in the next few days. Anyway, here is my entry for PhotoHunt 192: Fast.

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This is a photo at the finish line of the 2008 Ironman 70.3 California. The race is comprised of a 1.2 mile swim, followed by a 56 mile bike ride, then finished off with a half marathon (13.1 mile) run. After nearly 4 hours on the course, it came down to a virtual photo finish for the men. American Andy Potts (on the right) managed to beat Australian Craig Alexander by a mere 3 seconds! If you look closely, you’ll notice that Andy is completely airborne in this shot.

I was at the race that day because 1) I’m a bit of a triathlon buff and hope to enter a sprint distance race myself some day, and 2) I actually worked the event as a volunteer. Here are a couple of other photos I snapped that day as well.

Australian Michellie Jones on the run course. She finished 4th for the women.

Unknown athletes starting the bike course

Until next time …