It does appear that Jim and Andrea Lamastra have been doing more in the last two years than just procreating a new generation of superhuman athletes. Turns out they’ve been training, and they’ve both gotten really, really fast.
Andrea, racing her first half-distance race and a year in to being a mom, finished in 5:10– 12th in her 90 person age group– and did it without any nutrition other than water for the entire bike and run. She didn’t have Luca on her back, but would you have been surprised if she did?
Jim had an absolute breakout race. He set a PR of 4:08, winning his age group, and finishing as the 3rd amateur and 13th overall. He earned one of the two Kona Qualifying slots available to him… so I guess we won’t see him until November.
Honestly, there’s not much I could add to their emotional race reports, which come with more photos and are posted below.
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