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Diane - Congrats!!!!!

I am having some serious issues with the Ironmanlive.com site.  Lots of people can't get in.  Not a happy camper with them right now. 

Lena - how are you tracking Amy?

Amy is an Ironwoman !!!!!!!!

Way to go Billy and Amy !!!!!

I had to get out the Kleenex when I read about the school event that they held for Amy. I am such a softie 'bout such stories.

As for me, I was volunteering yesterday at my local 1/2 Iron & Oly event. Temps were outrageous (for this part of the continent ) - over 30c by the time the run started. I had a great job - traffic control and marshal at the bike turnaround/bike finish/run start point. It also happened to be where two highway offramps came together and the entrance/exit to the hotel site where the event was being hosted. It was a veritable 3-ring circus but loads of fun. Most of all, it got me inspired for Lobsterman. I saw just how much effort everyone was giving and even the top tier 1/2 iron participants were struggling. I CAN and WILL overcome my fears on September 18th!!!

Can't wait to read race reports from our two Iron champs.

Billy & Amy - I am dying up here waiting for race reports ...

Amy/Billy - in advance of reading your RR's I have been scanning through the ones that have been posted by other participants. Suffice to say, I am amazed at what you had to endure - rain, wind, heat, etc. A question - the racers all talk about lining up for the swim. Do I understand correctly that at IM  Louisville you are sent off one at a time rather than en masse or in waves?

Well, we up here in the Great White North are in the midst of a record-breaking late summer heat/humidity wave. Temp yesterday was around 37c (over 98F) when I left work and our offices have no A/C so they were even hotter. It is 8 am as I write and my office thermostat is  indicating 86F. My staff are fading bad - two went home sick yesterday and more will likely be off today. I know this would be like a pleasant spring day for y'all in the South but we aren't acclimatized!! Next on the weather radar is a hurricane, expected to make landfall not all that far from here tomorrow with lots of rain and wind forecast for Saturday. Guess I'll have to delay my planned brick until Sunday morn!!

Got out for a ride yesterday after work - 30k at an average speed of 25kph. This is exactly on my predicted pace for Lobsterman. Coupled with a good swim session on Tuesday night - 1000m timed in 24 minutes - I'm feeling a bit more confident. My goals are:

1. to finish
2. to finish in <3:45
3. to finish in <3:35

Even goal #3 would have me at the very back of the pack based on the 2009 results that are posted on the web but c'est la vie.

Mav - I was re-reading posts from a week or so ago. Do I understand that you are registered to do Lobsterman too or were you just kicking my butt to finalize my own registration?

Peter