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Second place overall, baby! It pays to... be able to chug beer and not horf.
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The award ceremony.
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Race leaders arrive to chug their beer.
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Bryan, back from a biking run with the inside of his mouth coated in Krispy Kreme glaze, tackles the In-n-out himself. The stabbing stomach ache will start in about 5 minutes on the run.
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Relay teams share food.
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Already back from their biking, the race leaders scarf In-n-out.
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For those not full enough from the event: food is grilled.
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Bryan's thoughts at this moment: OH GOD THE FREEZING COLDNESS, WHY?!?.![IMG 1214](users/overt/_data/i/users/overt/menalto_albums/friends/20110521/IMG_1214-la.jpg "IMG 1214 (1406 visits) Bryan thinks, "Yeah, it's fine that I don't have a wetsuit. Right?"")
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Bryan thinks, "Yeah, it's fine that I don't have a wetsuit. Right?"
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Seriously, what have we gotten ourselves into?
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Group shot of all participants before the cold, cold, cold swim.
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Well... not quite. We then had to trek a few hundred yards to the swimming area.
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A singing of the national anthem kicks things off.
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Mimi reviews the rules.
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The blinding whiteness!e
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Bryan adds sunblock before the swim. Leslie actually confirmed with him that it was okay to post these on the internet.
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Old glory.
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Mimi plus some colorful contenders.
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Just chilling in the dapple.
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Trophies, Bryan's running shoes, and a very patient Sous.
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Organizer Mimi clipboarding it.
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Susan annotates Bryan's arms and legs for tracking.
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A view from our pre-tri hike around Tilden.