Wednesday, November 14, 2007

It's Finally Here...IRONMAN FLORIDA!

Here we are at 4:45 a.m., ready to head to the race. See the bandage on Daddy's neck? We're telling people that it's a shark bite from one of his practice swims!!
Did you notice our shirts??? We were ready to support Daddy!
Poppy was ready too!
And Grandma was ready too, of course! It was a very cold start!
Brent, Russ, and Daddy...the crazy trio.Daddy saw us between the first and second laps of the swim!
Here's Daddy heading over to me after the swim to give me a big, WET kiss. The whole crowd went, "Awwwwwww!"
Poppy drove all over Florida to catch Daddy on his bike.I chose to nap while Daddy was on the bike!
Hanging out on the run course. I took over Grandma's whistle...she decided not to blow it for Daddy. It was a little slimy.
26.2 miles is a long wait!

We headed to the finish line and found a prime spot. We were squished, but we knew Daddy would find us!!Here comes our Ironman!!!!!!!!!!! He quickly found us! A well-deserved medal!
After a few minutes, Daddy started to freeze!!!Daddy got a massage and some warm clothes, and all was well!
All three of them finished faster than their goal times, sooo...
...there was only one thing left to do!