What women are saying about the 2009 race:

I think this race is something ALL women should experience.  All of the volunteers and the WIN for KC people make this event so special.  I think WIN for KC is a great organization, and putting on this event shows how committed they are in empowering women!  The whole day is so positive, I left with such a high!!  Thanks so much!

It was a great experience to share with friends who were also first-timers.  It gave us the motivation and inspiration to keep going to reach our goal of finishing the race.  I never realized how great it would feel to cross the finish line with my daughter cheering me on!

Despite my chain becoming derailed a half mile into the bike, I was very happy about my race.  You know that a race experience is a good one when something like that happens and you're still good with it!  All the women in the race and the volunteers and staff are so darn positive--it's hard not to be uplifted every step of the way.  Thanks!

I am so grateful that I had this race as my first experience.  The support, the training opportunities and all the helpful tips from other racers was so great.  I loved being able to be a part of something so inspiring and to see all those females working together and all the support for us was just incredible.  Thank you so much for helping me fall back in love with exercising and allowing my first triathlon to be one of the best around.  I couldn't thank you all enough and I will recommend it to anyone and will see you again next summer! :)

This was honestly one of the best things I have ever done for myself.  I enjoyed the training and all of the encouragement and support from WIN for KC.  The workshops, I can't say enough about how much fun I had with this entire experience.  I was one of those that competed in high school athletics, exercised some and used the term "I use to be an athlete", but as a working mom of three kids I let the 'me' side of things go.  I attended the WIN for KC luncheon where Patti reminded us that "we are athletes." I saw the flyer on my table and was hooked.  I am more physically fit than I have been in a very long time and I have the confidence to know that whatever I put my mind to I can achieve it.  To see my kids at the finish line cheering me in was a great experience.  My son stated he wanted to be just like mommy...what a great feeling! Thank you for all that WIN for KC does, the support, the encouragement and the motivation to remember, "I am an athlete!"

The clinics and group workouts were fantastic!  This was not a one day race, this was an experience that lasts several months.

Go for it! WIN believed in me when I didn't, and I completed the whole race!

I want to thank WIN for KC for providing such a supportive environment of like minded women in pursuit of personal improvement.  The over-riding theme of fitness and fun radiated throughout all the preparatory events to the acutal race.  The finish line crowd was a special surprise.  Thank you for this fabulous experience and for the opportunity to meet this challenge with a sense of personal pride.  I am grateful to be called a Triathlete!

It is a great race, done very well and I would recommend it to anyone, but for sure first-timers.  This is the only triathlon that does SO much for the race. Always giving out ideas, information for group rides and bricks, different informational seminars you can go to.  If you have a question they get right back to you.  There is not one thing I could complain about.  The website is really easy to read and there is a lot more information on there than any other race site.