Age is Just a Number...

Right?

One of the more interesting things about triathlons is that your body gets marked with your race number and your age. All participants are grouped by age (although I was in a first-timers group), and having it marked on the body is necessary since we are changing gear throughout the race. I LOVED seeing the ages of the participants, and was really inspired by many of the women who competed in the triathlon. My friends and I got great ocean-swimming advice from a sixty-something woman who was doing the swimming for a relay team. She was inspiring!