The More Than Sport crew was fortunate enough to experience a variety of events while in Panama. The Ironman 70.3 was a catalyst for the organization to travel to this country and do the home build in the Darien. Panama City shut down and blocked off the causeway leading out to one of the islands for the majority of the Ironman course. The beginning of the race sent swimmers in the canal, then biking over the Pan-Am bridge out into the countryside, then back through downtown, returning to the causeway for the run, ending in a public square where the Ironman pavilion was stationed for the finishers. It was a brutally hot day, even though the race started around 7am.
Chris Lieto, a ridiculously good man, being interviewed by Kurt and Steve from Triathlete, the day before race.
Before press conference with K-Swiss, Chris is endorsing a new line of shoes.
Josh Ord, More Than Sport director, at the K-Swiss conference, sporting more hair than the triathlete community.
Press conference with a panel of pros, Lieto in the middle. Seems like a good community of racers that compete with each other, but support each other as well. 
Josh and Karis, viewing the end of the causeway and looking across at Panama City.
Josh, Chris and Karis walking at about 5am to the first transition area for the race.
Chris and Lance talking before the swim start, probably discussing their energy supplements, Base Performance and Honey Stinger… 
Just a small snippet of the crowd that gathered for this early start time.
Multitasking Panamanian. There were a lot of volunteers.
Steve and Kurt, from Tri, shooting and working hard to cover the race. Great team of shooters, and good guys. They joined us on the Darien build after the race and will be creating a short documentary of the experience, rolling that out sometime soon.
This is an example of how I shot the race for 60+ miles, sitting on the back of a small ‘moto’ and hanging on with one hand while shooting video with the other. This shot I grabbed while racing to the front of the pro pack in search of Chris. He was so fast he was already over the Pan-Am bridge before I even connected with my moto driver at the 1st transition zone.
Lieto cycling on the causeway.
Josh, rubbing elbows with the guys in the media pit. Josh was tenacious at the finish line. The guy in back is giving me the stinkeye.
A quick portrait of ‘Manny’ my partner on the bike course. Great driver. We hit a few cones and an owl.
Lance, pulling in at the finish and keeping distance from crazy fans.
The media frenzy following Lance to his getaway van. I don’t participate in that garbage… let the man have some space.
Lieto looking ridiculously tough as he catches a breath at the finish line. While the other athletes look forward to a few days of recooping, Chris prepares to hop in a military helicopter to spend the next three days hauling rocks and lumber, swinging hammers and rallying friends to help build a home for a family in the Darien. 
