Survived another Ironman

[jobob]

Good grief, an IM sounds so darn hard !!!

Awesome job, and great report.

[Pan Dulce]

I was volunteering at a bike station, maybe I saw you. I so admire people that can do an Ironman, awesome athletes. So inspiring!

The weather was kinda cruddy, a lot cooler than past years. Though I personally like it better than the 90's.

And 80 minutes faster.. wow! I'm just impressed you did two!

[colby]

I was volunteering at a bike station, maybe I saw you. I so admire people that can do an Ironman, awesome athletes. So inspiring!

The weather was kinda cruddy, a lot cooler than past years. Though I personally like it better than the 90's.

And 80 minutes faster.. wow! I'm just impressed you did two!

Thank YOU for volunteering. The bike course is long, you have to stay out there for 8+ hours, handing countless bottle of gatorade or water or food out, then picking up all the empties (or holding peoples' bicycles as they use the port a pottie ). I can only imagine how exhausting of a day it is - and how tired your arms get!!

I would take the clouds, but the rain and the wind were ick. I think I'm with you, though, the heat is so much more dangerous and miserable.

Thanks again - couldn't do it without you.

[Pan Dulce]

I was born, raised, and still live in CDA; I'm used to the weather that can't decide what it wants to do!

Volunteering was the least I could do, I enjoyed it so much that I'm going to do it next year. The thing that struck me the most was that literally every other athlete that rode by me thanked me for volunteering. It gave me such a great feeling! But I appreciated THEM, for coming out and doing this and LETTING me watch and volunteer! You're awesome! Maybe I'll do one in a couple of years..

(I did get hit with a lot of banana peels and half empty bottles of gatorade - I didn't mind, really!)

[colby]

I was born, raised, and still live in CDA; I'm used to the weather that can't decide what it wants to do!

I have only lived here for, oh... 8 years now? April through June is always an adventure.

It was nice that we had several weeks of weather leading up to it that was identical to Sunday. Partly cloudy. Wind picks up. Clouds blow in. More wind. Probably some sprinkles. Rain. Clouds and wind ease off in the evening. I had done the entire course in crappy weather a LOT last year (to the point I'd been caught in the rain and got a ride home to get out of it - though it was beautiful over in Liberty Lake), but this year we had so much sun that I was more afraid it'd be too hot.

As they say, if you don't like the weather, wait an hour...