Good looking number!!

You know you're ready. Don't doubt yourself, but listen to your body. You've trained for this race, you CAN make it.

It honestly took me two months to realize what an amazing thing I did by completing my first Ironman (or any Ironman for that matter). I don't mean that to sound arrogant or anything, but I really just took it for granted that Ironman is something anyone can do if they train hard and are dedicated. It might in fact be that simple, but honestly, very few people CAN train that hard and ARE that dedicated. I don't really take compliments very well, but after the 800th person that said "an IRONMAN? Like the triathlon?" I had to take a step back and say "wait a second... I really did do something amazing."

And you, too, will do that amazing thing. You might not do it the way I did it, because everyone races their own race, but you WILL. Just by showing up, just by training with impressive dedication (even on the days you felt like giving up, and ESPECIALLY over the last 4 weeks), you did an amazing thing. What happens on Iron-Day is just ONE MORE amazing thing (albeit a sub-17 hour amazing thing ).

Sh!t WILL happen on race day and you WILL handle it, because you're Iron. That's just how it is. We'll all be here cheering you on, so when you're out there laying it all out on the course and need a little help, just think of us cheering you on.