WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KONA OCTOBER 11, 2008

What an awesume time... If you are a triathlete who wants to qualify for this race you should do all that you can to get there. The weather? HOT!!!!!! There is nothing like it. Don't take me wrong, it can be mangered. Just hydrate, and you"ll be fine. It is the greatest race of all Ironman.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KONA

Ten days before I take off for the World Championship in Kona Hi. Should be a GREAT!!!
I will be getting back with you when I get back October 14 with all the details as best as I can.

IRONMAN WISCONSIN: SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

I have always like Wisconsin as a state but now I have a new love for the Madison area. The community took in the Ironman event with open arms and suck us right in. I arrive in Madison on Tuesday before the race and the weather was hot. The next days (holy cow) the weather made a 360 and it was cold and raining. The weather reports throught the week had no change for the next couple of days. However, that was not the case. Saturday was cool and clear AND race morning almost prefect. Sunny skies and cool but comfortable. It was one of the best swim starts I have seen and the swim finish was the same. Sad to say, only one preson didn't finish. That is awesume!!!!! The bike course very much a challenge hills all over. then at the bottom of the hill a turn. I talk to one pro triathlete and he said there are 80 turns in the bike course. WOW!!! One truly nice thing about the race was the fans. They got on a bus the be taken to parts of the bike course. So the fans where all of the the place. All race day the weather did not change. The run was lined up with people for at least the first 2 miles.
As races go I would do this one.

IRONMAN LOUISVILLE AUGUST 31, 2008

Ironman Louisville, started kind of slow the first part of the week. Just trying to get my direction and the lay out of the event and the city of Louisville KY. As the week progressed I found myself liking the venue. The city was laid out wonderfully. All of the motels are close to each other and about a mile from the transition. Race day started beautifully with the sun raise and the race was on. Into the Ohio River boy what a thought. All good!! As the athletes exited the water pro first of course the tempature was raising not just in the weather but the race. The bike course, from every direction had beautiful sites. Horses on one side nice fields, farm houses,
rolling hills. Very much a challenge. As they took off on the run all the athlete look good smiles and thumbs up. While as the day went on though the second lap, no more smiles. It was hot.
I think the race would be somewhere I would go back to some day...