Race Coverage
Holy Buckets & Maple Syrup...
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Wednesday, 08 June 2011 03:00
(Facebook Photo - Claire Bootsma before the surgery.)
ED. We asked Buffalo Olympic winners, Claire Bootsma and Jon Balabuck to comment on their performances. Here are their words.
By Claire Bootsma
Holy buckets, was that race ever fun!
I had some feelings of trepidation leading up to Buffalo as I had not previously competed in any race
Sunday I was racing blind the entire time. Coming out of the water I had no idea where any of the other elite women were and assumed that if I was ahead of anyone they would be coming for me on the bike since that hasn