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Ironman Arizona 2013 Race Report

Ironman Arizona 2013 post raceOK it’s been almost 48 hours since the race. Thought I should get my race report posted so I can re-live what an awesome day it was!!  My husband and I signed up a year ago (Nov 2012) for IMAZ after volunteering last year. We did bike handling and it was exciting. (read more getting started) It’s the best way to get a spot in this popular race.

If you are a first timer and are  interested in some extra race info, in my next post I’ll give you my top 5 tips for a successful race.

OK this is a bit long so grab a coffee/tea and read on:
OK HERE WE GO! Get ‘R DONE! We were staying in a condo close to the race so we got up at 4AM had some breakfast which included museli (Bob’s RedMill Gluten Free Museli), 1/2 bagel with peanut butter and 1/2 banana. Fueled up and ready to go, we grabbed our bike food, bottles and swim stuff and headed over to Tempe Town Lake area around 4:45AM. Found great FREE parking in USAIRWAYS  building super close to race venue. OK getting a bit nervous now…what we have worked for so long the past year is coming to culmination. This is it! Continue reading Ironman Arizona 2013 Race Report →

Triathlon

Getting Started

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So I’ve been wanting to start this blog for a while now to chronicle our journey to Ironman Arizona. It’s our 1st full Ironman race.  As this is the 1st post, I think a bit of history is in order. It all really started last November when we volunteered at the Ironman Arizona 2012 race. My husband and I signed up for Bike Handling. This was a really fun job, involving catching the bikes as the riders came in from their 112 mile ride portion of the race. Volunteering for the race is one of the best ways to assure you get a spot on the participant list. Just an FYI, some of the athletes literally throw their bikes at you so you need to have lots of energy for this. We literally ran for 5 hours, catching bikes and re-racking them in the transition area. This race is so popular that it sells out online almost immediately. So if you are thinking about doing it (and you should!) a bit of planning is needed. Once you finish you volunteering for the race, you have priority sign up the next day for the race the following year. Again, just a tip for you, get to the sign up early. They said they would open at 8AM, we got there at 6:4oAM with coffee in hand and there were already hundreds of people in line!! Crazy Triathletes!! Anyway, after standing in line for awhile we paid our $700 and signed up. It’s ON NOW!