To The Pain!!! (Relay Team from UC Santa Barbara)
AmateurEndurance: Have you been out here for this race before?
UCSB Biker:  I was on a relay team doing the full Iron-distance last year.  We had so much fun that we had to come back now that they have the Collegiate Division.  We were very excited to come [...]

Karin Haggard
Amateur Endurance: Have you done Mission Bay Triathlon before?
Karin Haggard: No, first time.
AE: Have you done a triathlon before?
KH: Yes.
AE: What did you think of the race?
KH: I thought it was awesome except that I’m sick. I have a sinus infection. So it’s been kind of [...]

Neil Barry
AmateurEndurance: Have you done this race before?
Neil Barry: No
AE: How did you like it?
NB: Really fun. It was really fun that there was a hill at the end that totally whooped us.
AE: Have you done many half-marathons?
NB: This was the second or third that I have done.
AE: How did your time compare?
NB: Way better, [...]

Conrad Stoltz
AmateurEndurance: Congratulations on the race today! What part did you enjoy the most?
Conrad Stoltz: I enjoy the bike the most. The bike is pretty technical for a smaller race and a race of this distance. It’s good what they’re doing right now with giving people the opportunity to come and do [...]

Oscar “Oz” Sanchez (Member of 2008 U.S. Paralympic Cycling Team competing in Beijing)
AmateurEndurance: How was the race today?
Oz: It was good. I felt good; this was my first time doing this one. I just broke into the triathlon world, because cycling is my meat and potatoes. I’ve been with the US Paralympic Team since ‘05. [...]