24 days to go...

Once again, we are fast approaching another Ironman event. With only 24 days to go, Ironman Canada promises to be a challenging event that surely will be as memorable as the others. Penticton, BC is supposed to be an amazing venue that boasts 4500 volunteers. Think about it: a town of 25000 has 20% of its residents volunteer. Awesome. Hotel rooms sell out a year in advance for this race. And this will be Jen's first time this entire year of seeing me race. 6 races this year and she has not had the opportunity to see any of them. Looking forward to hearing the duck call.

Once Ironman is done, one would think that I would relax. Yeah, right!!! I have 4 more races including the brutally challenging Magic Mountain Man half ironman triathlon in October. The bike course may be considered one of the most challenging courses around: of the 56 miles biking, only 7 miles of it are flat. the other 49 are either going uphill or going downhill.

Looking ahead to 2010 (yes, already thinking that far), I have 4 races on my calendar--Ironman St. George (utah), Vineman 70.3, Sacrament Half Ironman, and Silverman half Ironman, plus a few other sprints. What a Nice way to celebrate my 40th birthday by pay good money to beat up my body!!! My idea of fun and excitement.