C-Beyond VS VisionQuest

So E and I went to the Chicago Tri Expo on Friday night. There are always awesome deals at the Expo so we went to pick up some cheap stuff.

I ended up with free compression socks (E stole one pair from my package) and a free visor from Infinit. Pretty sweet. Ran into a slew of folks we know, too. It's always fun to be there, around so many fun fit folks.

So we were there meeting Aaron, a friend of K.R.M. and the organizer of C-Beyond, a group that finds guides for visually-impaired athletes. I found out about the group from KRM and decided it's something that I just have to do next year. E is way on board, too.

This IM training stuff is super-selfish, so doing this for someone else... to give back, is important to both of us.

We ran into some of the VQ crew at the expo and said hello. Then explained the C-Beyond idea.

Literally, no one understood why we would want to do such a thing....
"Ummm... wouldn't that slow you down?"
"Riding a tandem bike is like riding with steel for pedals."
"So if they're too slow and they're pulling you down in the swim, can you just cut the tether?"

I mean, really people? You are so totally self-absorbed that you can't even IMAGINE helping someone cross the finish line at a triathlon or running race? REALLY???

C-Beyond - 1
VQ - 0

We met up with Aaron from C-Beyond (who is awesome by the way). And went to dinner at Jane's. She's also awesome, genuine, and just pain interesting. No one talked about how much training their doing or how fast they went... it was just normal people talking about normal stuff. With a blind joke thrown in here or there.

Real dinner with real people...
C-Beyond - 2
VQ - 0

C-Beyond wins in the "real people" department. Hands down.