Last Saturday our TNT triathlon team held the "Ride and Tie" event (otherwise known as practice in costume). The term "Ride and Tie" comes from races in the days of the old West when teams of two would compete with each other (one member on foot, the other on horseback, trading off with each other along the way). Katie D'Silva was my partner (she's doing the Olympic distance Mighty Mermaid). Instead of a horse, we had Katie's mountain bike to trade off). Because I'm doing the sprint distance, our team did 2 loops around the perimeter of the park. Each time a team would complete a lap, they were required to run up a steep hill (holding hands) and to perform one or more "strange and/or humiliating tasks" and then run back down to start the next lap.
Costumes varied from Iron Man/Woman to Hawaiian tourists, social butterflies, a cereal killer, etc. Katie and I were supposed to be crazy artists but I think we both looked like strangely dressed tourists of some kind (bike clothing + scarves and jewelry/lei/broom skirt).
It was a lot of fun, especially with all of the costumes! Below are some photos:
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| Katie & I coming in 2nd place for Sprint group |
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| Me in action on Katie's mountain bike |
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| Team in Training triathlon team (Silicon Valley/Monterey) |
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