Race Coverage

Good Karmic Stuff...

Tuesday, 05 July 2011 03:00

(Cool Nick Morales Photo - Alex Barrette, 15, who is already pretty tall, paces Enoch Elliott, 13, who has grown like two feet in the last six months, and two other triathletes out of transition.)

Race Coverage - Jennifer Neuman hoped to go 1:09 at Minneman VII last Saturday. A 1:09:59 would have been just as satisfying as a 1:09-flat.

When Jennifer crossed the final timing mat in 1:10:08, she did what she always does when she finishes a race. She smiled.

Jen has a beautiful smile.

Achieving a time goal was not the only standard of victory for the pretty 40-year-old from Ramsey. For her, victory was already built into the equation. She trains and she races with joy and enthusiasm, and understands that doing so is a victorious way to live....

A victorious way to be.

Even though Jennifer's eventual clocking was slightly above the number she had in mind earlier, her time was nevertheless a fast one. In fact, it was fast enough to land her in the women's overall Top 10 and, as she would learn later, fast enough to win her AG. That news caused her smile to widen.