IMAZ Day 3

The day started pretty easily. Slept in a bit or at least tried to - got up around 6:30 and fired up the espresso machine. Made a latte, saw my way to clear then went down for breakfast. For some reason I just did not want to get started on the gear bags. Finally about 10 am I laid them out on the bed and started the video. You'll see all the different bags and numbers at the start of the Day 3 video.

Made quick trip to Safeway to get water and a few other items. Then dragged myself back to finish putting together T1 and T2 bags. I guess by making these preparations it makes this Ironman real. Got the bags done, had a sandwich for lunch then headed over to drop the bike off and finish the video.

There are some amazing and very pretty bikes here. Probably close to $500k in bikes and wheels alone in the transition area.

I made my way to find my bike spot then remembered I needed to put on the bike stickers. Another good video opportunity. My bike spot will be very easy to find - it's at the end of a row right by the only orange porta-potties in that area. But Glenn got an even better spot. Check out the video.

Dropped the bike off, then went to drop the T1 and T2 bags. Another good spot for my bags at the beginning of a row just inside the entrance. Made some more video and also got a shot of where we'll be swimming. The Tempe Town Lake is really a dammed up portion of the Salt River. Should be a narrow start but with it being just one loop, the first turn shouldn't get too crowded.

After dropping off the bags I came back and put my feet in the hot tub. Just needed that strong jet to massage the bottoms for a bit. Plan is for dinner around 6 then in bed with the lights out by 8 pm. Not too hard for me really. Early wake up call at 4 am, latte (of course), breakfast, another clearing episode I hope, then off to the race at 5:30.

Best part of the day was walking thru the expo and stopping at the PowerBar tent. TNT signs up the coaches for the PowerBar Team Elite program. It's a way for Powerbar to market to coaches and hopefully the coaches will promote their products. At events they always give out special stuff if you say you're with the Team Elite. So anyways I'm getting more swag and the young girl helping me sees I'm wearing my Ironteam TNT t-shirt. She asks if I'm TNT and I say yes. She then thanks me for what I'm doing and tells me she's a leukemia survivor. Can you believe it? She thanks me. I was humbled - here's a young girl just starting her life and she battles cancer and survives. And she's thanking me. I really didn't know what to say other than thanks. But it really brought me back to why we are all training so hard and raising so much money. So people like her can be survivors.

Thank you all for your hard work and fundraising so far.

I hope you enjoyed Day 1 of Boot Camp - that's always a fun day - at least for the coaches. Have fun tomorrow with Day 2.

Here's the link to the latest video -

http://www.vimeo.com/clip:170151


Going long in the morning -
Dan