Difficult and danger for them to week. All week, organizers said the race was on, hoping it would be. Even as the fire raged. More than 3,000 competitors waiting on the breach. With shouts, some cried. I had tears too. Then my husband came. Reporter this athlete trained for three months. I had a banana ready. I even made a Peanut Butter and jelly sandwich. I had towels to dry off after the swim. Reporter had the iron man happened, she would still be running right now. The last leg of a 15 hour race. Participants pay up to 3,000 to enter. Theres only a handful of iron man competitions so competitors plan ahead and travel far. At noon, 1 00 it was really bad. You couldnt see in front of you. It was pretty bad smoke. Reporter trivalley racers took a picture before they left. Not the end they wanted. If this is the race you wanted to qualify for, it takes it really difficult. Theres other races but theres in other parts of the world. Reporter competitors did not let smoke stop them. They t