It's Saturday night and I'm getting my race clothes laid out and making sure I have all of my final little things for tomorrow morning (uuummm....like my wetsuit and googles) and getting centered for the race tomorrow.  Good tunes for tomorrow included "Out of My Hands" by Dave Matthews since there will be a lot I can't control tomorrow so I can only control me. The other that hit me tonight was "Right Now" by Van Halen because it"s TIME, because the work has been done and there are no tomorrows this year.

My race plan is laid out, my on-site cheering section is here the group I like to call "The Cowbells".  I'm not sure how they'll harmonize but I know when I pass them if I need a lift I only need to shout "more cowbells".

Here are a few pictures from the last few days here in CdA.  I'll be posting my race report and pictures hopefully early next week.  Until then thanks to everyone for their support and good vibes on race day. 

The sign says it all.  The sign says it all we're finally here at the big dance. 

The March of the Penguins.  Each morning a continual parade of athletes make their way from the bag check down the beach to the start buoys where they stand and try to "will" the water to be warmer. 

Looks soo close yet so far.  That red buoy is the far turn buoy that athletes must turn around before heading back to shore.  You see one large orange buoy in the picture, there are actaully 6 of these marking the way back to the beach.

The Coach.  Yep I finally met my coach after working with him for 8 months.  Shawn is in town to do the race day web coverage for Ironman.com. 

The Pro Women.  Heather Wuertle, Desiree Ficker, Heather Gollnick at the Pro Athlete press conference.  Heather is a first year pro and doing really well (and she's really tall).  Desiree is a really fast runner, she just ran at the US Olympic Marathon trials and was runner up in Kona in 2006.  Heather has 5 Ironman race wins to her credit and is the mother 3 very energetic kids who will happily show their pride and tell you who their mom is.

 


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Schmitty

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:38:43

WAY TO GO MV! Great result and OUTSTANDING performance. Did you qualify? Looks like it to me.

 



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