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.

 


Comments

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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    Mercer Island Half Marathon
    1:23:57
    5th AG/38th OA

    Hawaii 70.3
    4:35:48
    3rd AG/24th OA
    Kona slot

    Ironman Coeur d'Alene
    9:50:39
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    August 21st

    High Pass Challenge
    September 12th

    Grand Columbian Half Iron
    September 18th

    Ironman World Championships
    October 9th

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    November

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    Capitol City Half Marathon                             10th OA/2nd AG                                      1:22:46                                          
    Issaquah Sprint Tri              10th OA/2nd AG                                             1:01:20

    Ironman 70.3 Boise              65th OA/7th AG                                  4:40:52


    Vineman 70.3                     48th OA/7th AG                           4:36:06

    Ironman Canada                DNF - Bike Crash

    Silverman Ironman                    November 8th - pending recovery

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    Kirkland Half Marathon                   1:25:27                                              2nd AG/10th OA

    Ironman 70.3 Kona                    4:53:08                                             15th AG/60th OA

    Ironman Coeur d'Alene 10:06:05                                            10th AG/51st OA

    Snoqualmie RR Days 10K 38:19                                                  4th AG/14th OA

    Escape from the Rock Tri 58:21                                                 2nd AG/4th OA

    Grand Columbian Half Iron 4:56:55                                               3rd AG/22nd OA

    Ironman Hawaii          11:01:56                                          178th AG/785th OA

    PACE 5K                       19:05                                                 2nd AG/7th OA

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