I have been a bit delinquent on here. I never posted an update on the welcome dinner. The dinner was great. The food was okay, buffet style, and they had a luau followed by the official presentation. The presenters, who were staff of WTC (World Triathlon Corp) including the CEO, were pretty entertaining. They even invited the winner of the very first Ironman in 1978 (MAJ Collins) back to participate in this year's Ironman. The photos they had on their slideshow were priceless. His point was that if he could do it, then we could. The picture he had was labeled "Irongeek" and featured him with his Schwinn bike and before the marathon. He was actually wearing non-athletic shorts with a belt. I was hysterical with laughter when he said that. Can you imagine the chafing? And probably the sunburn too!? The dinner ended and was followed by the athlete briefing. The athlete briefing was pretty standard and lasted about 45 minutes. I was relieved that nobody was asking stupid questions as is per usual at most of their briefings. :) Everything ended at about 9pm and we came back to the condo and went to sleep.
The subject of the blog is actually the theme for this year's Kona Ironman. How ironic right? I thought it was pretty cool given that Army breeds warriors.
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