Lake Placid IM female winner Tereza Macel was in the chalet next to us at the Swiss Acres Inn! Her husband, coach (brother), mother and father also came to the race.
Interestingly, her name was never mentioned before the race as one of the favorites. Tereza was the first pro (male or female) out of the water, in a time of 50:48, then biked the hilly course in 5:13, an average of 21.4mph, and ran a 3:20 marathon (7:39per mile). She had a large lead going in to the run and won by 12 minutes, also finishing 12th overall.
The morning after the race I talked with her husband and asked if she won. He said, "well, she had a good race". I said, "she won, right?". "Yes, yes she did win, but how did your wife do, she ran the race, right?", "it is so great, Tereza gets to take a nap, workout for hours a day, but people like your wife, they are the real stories, working full-time and still completing one of these events."
The whole family was great. When I asked if Tereza would mind signing the race poster for Jan, he immediately went to the chalet and brought her out. Tereza was really nice and now we have a poster that will be framed and proudly hung on our wall. We also have a person to really cheer on when IM Hawaii takes place in October.
It's nice to meet a champion and family who are so supportive.
that's how we feel about you and Jan
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