SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed (Page 73)

Have a GREAT race, buddy.  Looking forward to monitoring your progress and getting the report of your experience.

John, enjoy it ALL.   This Ironman Weekend is just beginning!!!!!  I'm so excited for you and cannot wait to follow you and root you on.  You have put in all of the hard work, there is just a "little" bit more to come on Saturday.  Have fun out there and FIGHT for the finish! 

WOR TEEP!!!!

ps...if you see Wongstar, give her a Hello Panda High Five for me! 

Good luck to you, Doug.  Man, before I read this, I was thinking, that sounds like the perfect sprint distance for this girl!!! 

That was a great race recap.  And I think Tony heard about that guy.  Everyone was amazed he was not dead.

Bump.

I finally joined the USA T today.  What took me so long is I am a procrastinator! 

GOOOO FATTY!!!!  Looking forward to hearing your report.  Enjoy every minute... even when it sucks. 

Good Luck Doug and Tobey. 

This weekend's hottie was so relaxed at REV3!

Not sure this will work, but here are our photos.  I uploaded them to Flicker.  I'm SSMinnow over there too.

Suzy, those photos are not available to me!  wassup wid dat?

I showed Kathy this picture and she said, NO way, that's not the same John we met in Vegas???  Where's his tummy?  Oh, boy did i just get her in trouble???  Nice job on the six pack, Hottie!!!! 

They are not available to me either.

Is it bad that I want to call John hottie too????

as long as you don't put it on my wikipedia page, then yes. 

scheduled  nerves.  that's it?  you're in better shape than me! 

ha!  have fun man!  and thanks very much for the call.

AWESOME!!!!  pics!!!!!   and i hope she crushes YOU.  :-)

i know its a BIG deal when steve and ryan get me on a conference call.  its funny, good funny,  to hear your voices after all this time. thanks!!!!

so, we're hear.  well i'm here.  jarrett and the kiddos fly in tomorrow.  my punishment for screwing up the flights was a small plane, bumpy ride (i hate flying)  and a 15 month old next to me.  but the mom was a hottie so its all good.  

on a serious note,  the young lady sitting across from me was carrying a folded American flag.  one look in her eyes and i knew what was up.  about 45 minutes into the flight she stands up to go to the bathroom.  she was looking around wondering what to do with the flag, clearly didn't want to bring it into the bathroom.  i introduced myself and told her i'd be honored to hold it while she went on her way.  She said thanks very much and handed it to me.   

her husband was killed two weeks ago in a fire fight over in the afgan theater.  they buried him yesterday.  one young son.  if ya'll are the praying type,  please keep them in your prayers over the next few days, weeks , whatever.   thanks.

ironman... the race where you go to packet pickup to pick up a bag of bags you'll need to put all you're gear in.  6 different bags.  really?  ha!

awesome vibe all around.  my hotel room , THANKS KELLY!!!, overlooks ironamn village.  nice!

some pics...

signing my life away...

cougar trying to pick me up in the tent!  jealous slacks?

the volunteers are amazing!  getting banded here and told where all those numbers go.  you're only seeing half the sheet of numbers there.

getting my bag of bags. 

I enjoyed the call. Will definitely be sending good vibes while racing.

GO FATTY/SKINNY!!!

You're looking very fit in the photo's and your training sounds solid, have a great race!!!

It's the Noosa Winter Festival this weekend, I'm doing the 2km ocean swim Saturday and the Noosa Century Cycle 100km ride on Sunday - a lot for me but doesn't sound like much compared to John's IM race.

Have fun and good luck, David!  It sounds challenging and fun!  Hope the ocean is not too cold this time of year for you. 

To the Davids: Have a great race!  Upload pics and of course those RR's as soon as you can.

Doug--ok you can wear your wetsuit.  You've been training your brains out like you're training for a HIM so I gotta believe this will be a stellar race for you!

For those intrested in the photos on Flickr you need to PM me your email address so I can add you to my contact list.  I don't find Flickr very user friendly...

With water at 50F, I bagged tonight's aquathon so the only event for me is the Tour de Cure 100K on Saturday.  Supposed to have big thunderstorms so I guess I'll get my rain training done for the season.  Oh yeah!

no!  it's AWESOME regardless of the distance!!!!!  you train hard for these races!!!   now go kick a$$!!!  

you guys got your seasons mixed up down there, apparently.   ha!    HAVE FUN!!!!!

No Racing for me this weekend Just an HRC Hunt Test taking my cousin to go watch that and then My son Michael is finishing one chapter in his life and beginning another with his High School Graduation on Sunday.

Good LUCK again Fatty on your race and to the rest of the racers.

Congrats to him.  Enjoy the day.

Thanks Suzy. My one worry is the run. I have only felt my "normal" while running the past two weeks. Still no where I want to be, but this isn't my A race and I am still working torward that. I am feeling good about the swim and bike. Hoping to just enjoy being back in the thick of a race!

P.S. Good luck David andd to that guy racing in Texas!