Recap

Long time in coming but here is what happened in New England heading to the MOOSE MAN and at the MOOSE MAN June 3rd and 4th-
After leaving Louisville at 6 am (that is Leigh, Anne and Ken all awake and ready to go) We arrived in Boston to sunny and WARM weather. We walked around and looked at the beautiful flowers, the swan boats in the Commons lake, old buildings and ate at Cheers bar. Leigh saw a city dog walker - we thought we had lost her for good - did she give him her resume? We tried to find Walden's pond and they must have drained it because we never found it. We walked around the harbor in Salem and saw the "Bewitched" (TV show) statue. We spend the night in a small town in NH and awoke to COLD RAIN. We headed to Bristol, NH and arrived at Moose Village. Moose Village was actually a girls camp and left a lot to be desired, no heat! But we were given “linens” or as we call them in KY – sleeping bags! After a pasta dinner at the camp’s mess hall we slept all warm on our cots. Anne and Leigh got their gear ready the night before the race and were ready to go on Sat. morning. They were not the least bit nervous. The got their bikes and gear in the transition area and then got marked with their numbers, age and smiley faces (smiley faces show you are from KY and know Susan B. Cox-National ranked triathlete and coach). Ken and I huddled around them on the Newfound lake beach before they walked over to their swim wave and said a little prayer. I teared up as they walked away. Leigh told Anne to put her face in the water to get used to it! The lake was cold and they wore full wetsuits. They had a very strong and fast swim and then were on their bikes- and the rain came, and it came and it came. (Best $7 I have ever spend was on a rain poncho at the expo!). Leigh and Anne were amazing to have done their very first International distance triathlon in the conditions that abounded at the MOOSEMAN. Ken and I waited for them at the 1 mile marker on the run. Later Anne told us when we asked about the hills on the bike course (there was a huge steep one and many many more hills!) that because Leigh did not have a "granny" gear on her bike that Anne did not go into her "granny" gear, so she could experience the hill climbs like her twin had to. So sweet! And what an accomplishment they both achieved to have completed the MOOSE MAN!
More details on Ken and Mary's race and the group's trip to Maine.