A Rookie Spectator's Point of View by Tammi Bice Jones

I think this is the most inspiring and awesome event you can come and watch. To know somebody doing it is even better.

My favorite part of the day so far was watching KI come out of the water and wave to us. It made me very emotional, which was unexpected.

The most unexpected thing about the day was watching the professional athletes come back so fast!

One of the highlights of my day was seeing Scott come back to the tent in his bike shorts - to go ride with KI on the run.

While it doesn't inspire me to necessarily do an Ironman, I may be inspired to do a triathlon on a smaller scale after experiencing this.

Note to self: next year, wear sneakers or some sort of non-flip flop shoe. Spectating is its own sport!