Twenty-Six Triathletes

Abby was a fitness freak who loved to train but rarely race,

Bobbie held no self-illusion, content to show and never place,

Cassandra wore the cutest outfits, only in it for the tan,

Darrin looked the man to beat, at least until the time he ran,

Ethan's rep was as a scholar, picturing tri as metaphor,

Frank's obsession was his training, if good was some, then great was more,

Grant was known as Motor Cycle, always pushing monster gear,

Holly dreaded open-water yet overcame her swimming fear,

Inga had this thing for trophies, she loved to add them to her case,

Jerrod masked his pain from others with that stoic, steel game face,

Karen found her motivation, bathroom scale beneath her feet,

Leon teased his age group rivals, he found it hard to be discrete,

Mary was content to finish, her greatest strength, sound attitude,

Norton seemed to learn the hard way, he cut a course and got DQ'd,

Oscar had it all together, the pro tour was where he belonged,

Peter used to favor short-course, now he's always going long,

Quentin's swimming was his strong suit, from years of practice as a kid,

Robbie failed to get much faster, by doing what he always did,

Summer trained throughout the winter, her hope this spring her times would fall,

Tomas was an elite racer, a threat to always win it all,

Uma's handle was "Hard Body", a name in which she took some pride,

Vaughn missed Kona by a second, the disappointment made him cry,

Will's tatoos were conversation in all the race transition zones,

Xena wed a couch potato, a fact she sadly now bemoans,

Yardley owns more bikes than needed, forged from un-obtanium,

Zach crashed hard when gravel found him, skid lid saved his cranium.