I am Ironman!

Hey for those who care...I finished the damn race! I am Ironman! I finished Ironman Canada with a time around 13 hours and 26 minutes and there's some seconds there as well but I don't care. If you do look at the results it knows! It was a brutally hot day. The swim was long at around 3.8 km. The bike was hot. No shade anywhere on the bike. A nice balmy 30 plus degrees. I had to stop 2 times because my feet felt as if they were on fire! Once at the special needs area and another time at a rest stop. I also only peed once at this same rest stop after Yellow lake. The crowds leaving penticton on Richter's pass and Yellow lake were fricking amazing! They lined the roads leaving a small space for us cyclists. It was sooo coool almost like the Tour de France. The bike was 180 km long. That was over 6 hours for me to accomplish. I do believe I got a wee bit of chaffing. Next a brutal 42 km run to end my day and this great triathlon! Once again there was barely any shade on this course. We had a brutal headwind the whole way out. Nice to have on the way back as it kind of pushed you a little. I met my wife 1/2 way on the run at the special needs area. If she had not been there I would have had to stop to fill my hip flasks with e-load. She pushed me to get up a hill and to keep going. I love you Colleen! Thanks for kicking my butt. It really helped! I ran back to penticton a mere 25km away. I saw the city and got a 2nd wind. I ran like I had no pain. For most of the last 10 km. The last 3 km were really hard but I kept pushing and made it to the finish. If you want more details just ask me and I'll go into more but I tend to babble. Talk to you later my peoples! #665