thank you, Gary!

How close is Marianne? Would love to catch her on the live feed..

Close!

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SWIM	BIKE	RUN	OVERALL	RANK	DIV.POS.
1:39:49	7:02:13	--:--	--:--	1867	27

LEG	DISTANCE	PACE	RANK	DIV.POS.
TOTAL SWIM	2.4 mi. (1:39:49)	2:37/100m	2079	36
BIKE SPLIT 1: 37 mi.	37 mi. (4:17:38)	15.52 mph
BIKE SPLIT 2: 74 mi.	37 mi. (6:39:20)	15.67 mph
BIKE SPLIT 3: 112 mi.	38 mi. (8:56:50)	16.58 mph
TOTAL BIKE	112 mi. (7:02:13)	15.92 mph	1948	29
RUN SPLIT 1: 3.2 mi.	3.2 mi. (9:44:04)	11:53/mile
RUN SPLIT 2: 11.9 mi.	8.7 mi. (11:39:17)	13:14/mile
RUN SPLIT 3: 20.1 mi.	8.2 mi. (13:40:47)	14:49/mile
RUN SPLIT 4: 26.1 mi.	5 mi. (--:--)	--/mile
TOTAL RUN	26.2 mi. (--:--)	--/mile	1867	27
TRANSITION				TIME
T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE				14:48
T2: BIKE-TO-RUN				9:12

Mav is an Ironman

Woohoo!!!

Way to go Marianne!!  WOO HOO!!!  You are an IRONMAN!!!!!!!!!!!! 

CONGRATS, Marianne!! you are an IRONMAN!!!! IRONWOMAN! Yeah!!!

Way to go IRON-Mav!

Pete, et al:THE finish as it shall be called from this point forward, is indelibly etched in my brain. Difficult to access but I will soon try to describe it from my side of the line. I am sitting in an airport awaiting a flight so I want to put my thoughts together but start with Marianne entering the chute with Al standing just on the other side of the line....beaming proud husband...actually he was glowing with admiration and awe....A big smile on OUR runner...I'll stop there for the time being to let Marianne tell the rest....then I will throw in my 2 cents. What a night!!!!!Arizona 2011, here I come.

Can't wait for the RR!  A bit miffed.  I was watching the video, flipped over to see if Mav's stats were updated and heard her name.  Flipped back just in time to see her disappear from the screen. Ahhh!!

Hi friends!!!
It was an amazing day. I cant remember being so nervous before a race. Once i was in the water I felt much calmer. I will write a race report but right now I am on vacation in Sedona. All I can say is that it was one of my top ten life experiences. I felt like a rock star all day. I smiled the entire time. I joked with the specators and had a great race. I was well trained and I worked my hardest. The weather just plain sucked but I didnt let it affect my day. "Rock On" was the theme song of the day...sang it most of the time. The bike was the scariest thing I have ever done...I really had to hold on for dear life for fear of being blow off. Two days prior to the race I was riding 18-19 mph avg. The race I was just shy of 16. The wind was relentless.It was great to have my family and friends there. Bryan was such a great surprise!!! I was so glad to see him at various points in the race and having him there at the finishline was fantastic. He was able to get my husband in to the chute and he was there to catch me. It was so blissfull to cross that line. I was crying tears of joy!!!

 We are going to the Grand Canyon tomorrow and going on a bus tour. No way am I ready to hike. I managed a quick jog across the parking lot which may be it for a while. My quads feel quite sore but other than being exhausted I feel great.

Thanks to all of you for your support. Pete I envisioned the flag in Canada at one point...a special thanks!!!

Wow, Mav! I'm tearing up reading just this small bit, I'm sure I'll be purple puddles when you put up the RR. SO immensely proud of you! You are a true inspiration! Have a wonderful vacation, well deserved rest and we all can't wait for RR

Happy Thanksgiving to my special friends. You all mean so much to me. Thank you for allowing me to share in your journey. Let's get a few more finish lines in this year. Jingle Bell runs, Turkey Trots, whatever, let's get a few more. Happy Thanksgiving!!! Eat big for tomorrow we return to work.

Happy thanksgiving!!!  Everyone get a run in then hit that turkey!!!

Sorry I wasn't here to encourage you during the race but I proud of you.  Ready for the race report.

OK OK...its done...under RR thread!!!

Yesterday I went and had some pics printed at CVS, also had a DVD made of the pics. SO much fun to look at the whole week.

I have to start thinking about Christmas, I have lost my focus!!!!

Mav, great RR!  Loved it.

Well, the official training plan starts Sunday but went to Masters swim today.  Late as usual and ended up in a lane with a beginner.  We were doing the main set of 1200m (5 sec break on the 100's) and he was doing 25m, taking a break, next.  Reminded myself I was in his shoes (fins) not too long ago.  To bring my ego back into check I finished 1100m and everyone else was done and had done longer sets.  Sigh.

Still talking myself into doing Redman full.  Have put it on my sig line to convince myself I should do it.

BTW,  Mav recommended the Salt Stick capsules and they have worked great for me.  Unfortunately I left the rest of my bottle in the condo in NC.  Wasn't very many left but I am going to order the large bottle this time.

LRR how about a January challenge? 

Not true, you left them in my truck

I did?  Will have to get them from you some time.  Actually I just ordered another bottle so if you want try those out, be my guest.

Did I also happen to leave a black sunglass case (it would zip up and have would have other lenses in it)?

Edited by GaryRM 2010-11-29 8:35 PM

Dont have those stud, sorry.

There will be a January challenge. Maybe even a Dec challenge. Get ready!!!

BRING IT!!!  I'm ready!!