Huntington's disease

I'd like to take an excerpt from the Huntington's disease triathlon brochure to inform you of the worthy cause supported by this event:
Huntintons's Disease (HD) is an inherited degenerative brain disorder which results in loss of both mental capability and physical control. HD ususally strikes between the ages of 30 and 50. Over a period of 10-15 years, the ability to think, speak, walk & perform the daily taskes of living is greatly diminished. The affected individual is frequently a parent whose children have 50% chance of inheriting the disease themselves. There is no cure for Huntington's disease.

The Huntington's disease triathlon stated that 100% of its proceeds will go toward research. It was held yesterday in Key Biscayne.

They hosted both an olympic & sprint triathlon. Amazingly, I had great difficulty getting a team together for this popular, local triathlon. The top 3 reasons given by all my normal prospects were at least one of the following: out of town, out of training or out of money. A fellow runner (RL), who trains at Niketown, stepped up & agreed to be on a team with me & the sprint distance was selected. Thank goodness because he wound up doing double duty (2 of the 3 disciplines) since the swimmer backed out to participate as an individual. RL swam & rode, well I might add, while I ran. We placed second, only to a store bought team. They bought the best yet: a professional swimmer (swam even faster than the winner of whole tri), an avid cyclist & a cross-country champion kid who was half my age! Although the odds were stacked against us (there were 3 of them plus the overall time was better than that of the race champion), we (only 2 people) still placed 11th overall. Hey, as long as we get to the podium, I am happy!