Ironman Louisville : Official Thread (Page 15)

This is my second season too! I don't think I'm going to get to do any longer races than an Olympic though. Go big or go home I guess!

Amen sister!  Swing for the fence!  What else is there?  :-)

~Mike

Ditto for me too.  I am doing 1 maybe 2 Olympics and a few sprints.  Also my 2nd season of triathlons!

Are you saying we suck at triathlons or we're rebel-rousers who got kicked off the Iron Distance board?

I started the IMKY tee-shirt idea last year but it was Kati who actually made my idea come to fruition.  As a group we designed the shirts and went thru different colors and designs.  BT emailed me the high-res BT graphics that I uploaded for the design.  Ironically, the BT logo did not come out as crisp as I thought it should have.  We chose yellow so it would stand out and be easy to spot.  Several jock-strappers and family members got too.  We wore the shirts at the banquet and also at the practive swim on Saturday morning.  It made it easy to find everyone having the shirt.  Oh yeah, and KSH (Karen) made name tags for the BTers at the banquet an this was very helpful too!

Anyway, the one problem with the cafepress.com and the other site too is that you have to order them all at the same time to get the group discount.  This means that SOMEONE had to volenteer to put up the money and order the shirts and wait for everyone to send her the money.  Then Kati had to put the shirts in envelops and mail them out to everyone that ordered/paid for one.  So.....we need a volunteer for this year!  :-)  Kati accepted personal check and pay pal.  Oh yeah, her added motivation for doing this was to collect a few dollars for a local charity she supports for kids.  She asked that for every shirt that was ordered you include at least $1 for this charity - most people gave much more and she raised quite a bit for these kids!

So we need a volunteer to be the IMKY Tee Shirt Lead and you can raise some money for charity while doing a great service for you fellow BTers! 

I have a suggestion I'd like to put up for a vote.  Here is the charity we used last year:

http://www.garrettswings.org/

 Please take a look at this site.  I can't look at the site for very long - the thought of terminally ill children cuases vision problems with my eyes.  Anyway, I reccomend that we make this "our" charity and again raise a few bucks as part of our IMKY shirt purchase.

~Mike

Here are a couple of pictues from last year.  The first one is called, "Mike and his BT ladies!"

The second was a shot of the yellow-shirted BTers at the banquet.  Thanks go to Garret for figuring out all the names!

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If y'all aren't in a big hurry, I can handle ordering shirts BUT I am in the midst of tax season and I will have no time to spend on it until May.  If someone else wants to step up and get the ball rolling, that's great.  If not, I'm willing.

I don't think we need to do any tee-shirt design or ordering till June or July!  By then we'll all be in our peak training months and totally consumed with training and tee-shirt discussion and design will give us something to do besides s/b/r all the time! 

~Mike

This BT Video is more inspirational than ANY of the "official IM" sites.  Look at the joy and excitement in their eyes as they bring the Ironman spirit to life!

Note the following from Gaarryy after his IM finish "Mr. one and done" (liar) and Mike Rogillio finishing in his bright green t-shirt!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1592

Tammy, you are the best!!!!!!!  I already decided that I am doing IMKY 2010, I have to be there when you join the IM family!!!

Thanks IronAbs!  That would be VERY cool!!!  

Here are a couple of pictues from last year.  The first one is called, "Mike and his BT ladies!" The second was a shot of the yellow-shirted BTers at the banquet.  Thanks go to Garret for figuring out all the names! (IMKY 2008 024red.jpg)

Mike,

I think I'll take you face out of this pic and photoshop mine in.  Boy you're a lucky guy-4 hot triathlon women to hold you up!

I'm starting to go a little bit nutty. I don't know if it's the lack of hard exercise for a few days or excitement about starting my plan next week. It's really starting to seem "real." The IM has seemed like some abstract thing that I know I'm doing sometime in future, maybe. And the last few days it's sort of been all consuming in my mind.

Anyway, I had a really vivid triathlon dream last night. There were BTers in it- most of whom I've never met in real life (This was a G rated dream, and no, I'm not mentioning names). Have a good Wednesday all!

WOw  2010,, dont' worrry  Mike will be there also

Well you see the pictures above...can you blame me for wanting to go back!?

I think it's neat how everyone has on their best summer tan from all the riding!  We look good!!

~Mike

Going well here. . not as much run mileage as I would like, but I spent a week in Colorado and then was sick for a couple of days. 

I am ready for the warmer weather in the next months. . .. .that is for sure. 

 For me, the training is going smoothly and i'm really enjoying getting back into the groove of things. Reading this thread is totally getting me pumped for this year's race!

 Happy training all ~~~ John