Race Report
Race Report- Kona, Havai’i 2017 (Hawaiians pronounce the ‘W’ as ‘V’) On an island where you are either in the shadow of the great active Kilauea Volcano or standing on the toes of your own shadow doppelganger, my Uber driver from the airport, after hearing me mutter about the heat and inexplicable humidity, dutifully explained that traditional Hawaiians used to live by a set of life rules called ‘kappa’. One of these rules was that no common person could let their shadow touch the shadow of the upper class. For the next ten minutes of the drive I dreamed about skipping around the shadows of Jan Frodeno, Sebastien Kienle and Lionel Sanders as I chased them up and down Ali’I Drive on Saturday. I’ve never raced Kona, my first Ironman was just over a year ago. Everything still feels new and exciting. I’ve never written a race report, so not unlike high school, I thought it best to peek over the shoulder of some other Kona triathletes to see how they were doing it. What I...