Yeah Blazeman is Jon (john?) Blais. He's from MA I think. He goes by the moniker "ALS warrior poet". Ironically enough I just read a blurb in Triathlete mag about him today. I guess the NBC film crew told him he wasn't going to make the bike cut off so he reached into his special needs bag and through a hunk of banana bread at the guy. And for the record.. he made the cut off w/ time to spare!
I need to pick a charity to raise money for in my IM. I think I may just run for ALS. My friends brother has MS and my neighbors daughter has cerebral palsy, so I was thinking about those charitys as well. I think I may raise money for all three?? I usually send a letter to my family/friends and ask for a donation w/ a self addressed stamped envelope. Maybe I'll give them the option and just stamp the envelope. hmmm...
Oh- and CA... A cattleguard is a big grate like thing in the pavement that prevents the cows from leaving an area. See the link below...

http://www.ajgcs.com/id2.html