Spectators (Page 3)

My wife and I will participate in our first Tri in 2 ½ weeks so I don’t have experience from that side. However we’ve attended an Olympic distance Tri and I was there from the first wave start to the last swimmer out of the water cheering and/or clapping. Then went and ate some food and grabbed a chair and found a shady spot 100 yards from the finish and cheered/clapped for every finisher as they passed by. I found it to be a lot of fun seeing people accomplishing something that many will never even attempt.

The next day we volunteered during a sprint Tri and handed out water and Gatorade to runners at the halfway point. We also shouted lots of encouragement. That was a lot of fun too.

My kids (6 and 10) were there and did have bouts of boredom so they will probably be at Grandma’s house for our Tri.