Meet the Tri for a Cure participant who has been racing in the triathlon since it began [Video]

I’M JACOB MURPHY FOR MAINE’S TOTAL COVERAGE. WELL, ONE OF THE MANY PARTICIPANTS WHO PICKED UP THEIR PACKET TODAY WAS A WOMAN WHO’S BEEN A PART OF TRI FOR A CURE SINCE IT BEGAN. BONNIE BISHOP SAT DOWN WITH HER TODAY AND TELLS US HOW RACING IN THIS YEAR’S TRI IS DIFFERENT FROM YEARS PAST. IT’S A PART OF MY LIFE NOW. YOU KNOW THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS SOMETHING NEW AND FUN TO DO AND IT’S NOW IT’S JUST PART OF ME. TAMMIE SOUZA HAS NEVER MISSED A TRI FOR A CURE RACE. SHE’S BEEN COMPETING IN THE TRIATHLON SINCE IT BEGAN 17 YEARS AGO, AND HER MOTHER, KAREN KOLBE, HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTING HER ON THE SIDELINES. SHE’S MY THE CLOSEST PERSON I HAVE. UM, AND JUST HAVING HER BY MY SIDE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY HAS BEEN IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. BUT THIS YEAR, …