Joanne and I did the Half Ironman at Mt Tremblant this year… and it was awesome! It’s only in its second year there and it is already a classic! Perfect venue and all done up the way that only Ironman Corp can do it! (although I must say, I do have one gripe… I hate the wave start… it was the one small advantage that good swimmers had, but now that’s gone… and that was part of the amazing visual picture to the start to this… and, as we found last night watching the results, you never know where anyone is in the race! Bring back the MASS START!)… end of rant.
Having said that… I do recall saying at the end of the Half… “I’m glad I’m not doing the full this year!” It’s a tough course… I mean all Ironman races are tough… but there is a 9 stepped climb at Mt Tremblant that is as tough as any in the business. Oh, and they did it twice in the full IM!
Joanne and I were watching the race results come in all day long, checking in throughout the day, watching for Lambrina’s updates… wondering how everyone was doing… hoping Brett would get the right day and make his first Kona… spoiler alert… he had 2 flats and missed it, even with a good race anyway! And you know part of me was dying to be there… racing with the gang… it kills me not to participate… did I mention that I also wanted to be swimming with Lynn and Stacey across the Northumberland Strait this weekend too!… but with how tough this race was… there was also a part of me that was happy that I was sitting at my desk watching the results roll in… with a beer in my hand!
Well, I don’t know all the stories yet… but I just found one out from Brett… Dan, who was doing his first Ironman… completed this with a broken collarbone!!! Dan Gieruszak, YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!!!
I guess the rest of the stories will have to wait until our Wednesday night run and beers… and coffee after LOST Swimming on Saturday… and since even I can only B.S. for so long, I’ll pass you on to the results… which tell part of the story at least!
Congrats everyone… great racing! Way to make the LOSTies proud!
Cheers,
Rob