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Parade of Nations

Yesterday afternoon the Parade of Nations made its way down Alii Drive.  Great turnout.  The Swiss and the Germans are here in plenty.  The Germans were doing the “wave” which was very funny to watch.  One German guy would run up and down the line yelling while the whole contingency followed his orders.  Poland is here, Eqypt is here and even Russia made it to Ironman – ok, she’s a team of one – but how great anyway!

Japan of course is here – and two of their team members strutted their stuff  in great pink and black outfits – check out the legs on the chick on the left  – she’ll have no problem riding to Hawi with or without the wind eh?

Kids, locals, everyone was out to cheer on the athletes.  Lots of shaka’s and Aloha.  The fun has just begun.

Unfortunately in the middle of the parade a pack of speed racers who obviously decided the parade was not their thing, decided to speed down Alii Drive right in the middle of everything.  Typical.  That’s the center photo above – those two in the picture are the tail end of pack of about 5 – they didn’t stop for anything or anyone, intent on riding through the crowds. Where’s the Aloha in their thinking?

But overall – the Iron people are amazing – true athletes and enjoyable to watch, from a locals perspective.