Leslie DiMichele qualified at Lake Placid earlier this summer by crushing the ladies field and winning the overall age group title. Crissy Fuentes traveled to Lanzarote in late Spring and won her age group to punch the ticket to Kona for yet another year!
Day 2 - Oct 7th
Leslie
Got my run in early and headed to the swim start to check out the ART tent (ART is a combination of massage and stretching, popular with athletes), fortunately they were open for business! So I got my back and hamstrings worked out which ave been tight since the flight.
Later in the day we went on a sunset snorkeling cruise to swim with the manta rays. This was insane. They use surf boards with lights attached, light up the water and the manta rays come straight up to eat the plankton attracted to the lights. These things, which can get up to 30 ft wide, come straight at you with their mouths wide open. We actually got body checked by one. At one point there were so many rays around you couldn't see the lights. Highly recommend this to anyone visiting Kona.
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| Attractive wetsuit with leg zipper! |
After the boat brought us in, we went straight home to bed. Great day!
Crissy
A rest day today and some time for ART (I didn't see Leslie!). Just a very chilled day on the island and did the admin stuff of athlete check in etc. I did manage to meet this guy though....he can skate and dance but can he conquer the Big Island?
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| With Apolo Ohno |
Also caught up with some friends at the ART tent....can you guess who they are?
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