Wowee, so I've always thought people that did Ironmans were cookoo for Cocoa Puffs. Well slap my ass and call me Cooky Cocoa..I now can officially say I'm one of those crazies.
Hats off to this well organized event. The volunteers were awesome, the people that stayed all day to cheer..THANK YOU. Those that cheered me on and called out my name, not even knowing me..ya'll rock.
The swim was a brisk 61 degrees, brrr! but aside from a handful of people swimming on top of me or getting kicked a bit in the face, the swim wasn't too shabby. Thankfully the day was partly cloudy so the sun wasn't in our eyes on the swim out.
The bike, whooaa nelly. Arizona can really produce some freakish wind. Can we say 20mph headwind and crosswinds? It rained and hailed on us too some. I held onto my bike for dear life heading back down on the Beeline. I was cursing at Mother Nature on that bike, but what can I say..they never said an Ironman was easy. Definitely a challenging bike course. I've never BEEN so happy to get off my bike and run a marathon!
The run was relatively flat. 3 loops. I was taunted by the In N' Out that was located at the end of one of the bridges every. single. loop. No worries I got my fill of Double Double and Animal Fries the very next day.
Overall a great race. The volunteers rocked as well as the people cheering. It was definitely an awesome experience for this first timer.
My favorite motivation sign of the day "Chuck Norris never did an Ironman".
No siree, Chuck Norris never did, did he? That must make me a badass right? Sorry, had to toot my own horn just a little...