Penticton Ironman

The boys "nutrition" stash

The bike is all set up- salt tablets taped onto the handle bars- Guu and power bars in the little bike bags.. yum!  What more could you ask for?!

Misses Bug watches the boys set up their crazy bikes.. not amused.  One bit.
Poor Buggie was sick- running a temperature- no air conditioning.. and everyone was more concerned with the bikes .  

"Huh?  Don't get it...."

Dan and Sean discussing their nutrition plan.. "Sean, you take notes"

Bike Goodie Bag- full of guu, shot blocks, power bars, and fig newtons.  Sounds like a great meal!  Yuk.

Sean's hand written nutrition plan, fig newtons, and his helmet all ready to go!  Sean ended up copying this nutrition plan onto his arm in black permanent marker.. so she wouldn't forget what to take when.. i think it came off in the water.. 

Here is the nutrition plan.. incase anyone is planning on doing an ironman, and wants to know what worked for the boys! 

Misses Bug- pre -race , fever, just chillin.  Her new favorite position!

Thursday night- the athletes dinner- cargo load time.  

Cabro loading

The night markets after the athletes dinner

Our hotel room/ pantry.  The fridge was bulging at the seams.. full of protein shakes, bananas, gatorade..

Checking out the village- while the boys napped - Saturday afternoon

Starbucks got in the spirit.. you should have seen the line to starbucks the morning of the race.  We dropped off the boys at the start at 5:30am (along with everyone else) and headed to starbucks for  a coffee- before the 7am swim start.  Apparently we weren't the only ones with this brilliant idea.. the line was a mile long (no joke!)

Lauren, Dyllan and I headed to Earl's to steak out a seat before the rush of iron men came in for dinner.  We might have gotten there a little too early...haha.  we waited an hour an a half- BUT it was good we got seats- cause it did fill up!

Misses's Bug's first (virgin) margarita- she also reached a new milestone that day.. she learned to drink out of a straw!  Go Bug Face!

Transition Zone

The morning of the Ironman.  Sean warms up his swimming arms.

Yes, the boys had matching onsies!  This is Sean's outfits.. Dans was exactly the same (minus the number)

And of course- we had matching neon outfits as well.  Wouldn't want the boys to miss us cheering!  

5:30am- the Bug is ready for some cheering action!

5:30am ish.. after we dropped off the boys - checking out the lake where the swim starts

The peach opened at 4:30am.  Dyllan spotted the "nana's" (bananas) right away, and would NOT give up on getting one.  Luckily I managed to scrounge up a dollar in canadian change- so she was happy!

Kisses from my bug.

We were supposed to meet the boys at the peach at 5:45am- but didn't see them- so headed to starbucks to meet Dad and Tatyana (at 6:20am)- and I guess the boys checked the peach, and couldn't find us.. so they naturally headed over to starbucks and found us! haha.. oops!

Swimmers warming up just before the start...

hmmm, now where is Dada... it should be NO trouble finding him...just look for the blue cap Dyllan..

Annnnnnd they're off!

The Bug had the best view- on top of my shoulders.. 

Do you see em there, Tatyana?!

IT was a little early.... coffee was a must.

The pro's coming in..

The pro's flopping like fish up stream.. coming into the finish... in a fast time of 48 min! (for 2.8 miles)

After the start we made our way over to the finish line of the swim!  Screaming our heads off when we saw the boys beach themselves!

Didn't get a photo of the boys finishing.. but here is some other people at the finish...

After the swim we raced back to the Swiss Sunset to pack our cooler- dress up Alexis, get balloons, sidewalk chalk,.. eat some lunch and head back to the streets for some more cheering!

Our cheering station outside of the Swiss Sunset- where the bikers neared the finish line (4 miles to go)

Bud light, goldfish, oranges, jelly beans, sandwiches, coke, wet washcloths.. we had it all.. JUST incase the guys needed anything!

Dyllan was such a good girl... but she got pretty sick of sitting in her stroller (the only shady spot in the 97 degree heat!) or on her leash...

Random bikers

Looking for Dan....

Playing with some sidewalk chalk while tied up to her stroller..

There's Sean!!! He actually spotted us (oops!).. and yelled at us.. but as soon as we saw him- we turned around and went nuts!!!

Lookin good Sean!

And he's off... 4 more miles of the bike.. then ohhh just a MARATHON!! No big deal....

After Sean went by- we raced over to the next block- cooler, posters, balloons.. Dyllan marked her spot and began coloring.. for about 2 seconds until she was bored again...

We passed out wet washcloths to the runners passing by.  No one wanted our snacks or beers.. haha.  oh well.

Haha, just a dog, cheering!

Just some overweight, totally unfit lady starting her marathon..

These guys were directly across the street from us- they lived at this house- and they were BLASTING great music for all the runners (they stayed there till midnight when the last runners went by!)- it was awesome!

Bug found some friends...

Up on the shoulders.. back down... up, down, up , down...

Here comes Sean!! Passing people left and right!!

Can't believe he can actually run after riding his bike 112 miles in the scorching heat.. and after a bike accident!  Impressive, Sean!

Sean, Want a bud light?  Poptart?  Goldfish?!  haha.. no.. he was fine with his gu and salt tablets..

First place guy

first place girl.. beth something

a marriage proposal!  so cute!  She said yes!

Here comes Dan.. on the final stretch!! Go Dan Go!!

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Dyllan looking for her dad in the finishers area

Good job Dan, we are so proud of you!

Sean- crossing the finish line!!

Good job Boys!!  Dan finished 10 hours 22 min and 13th in his age group
Sean finished 11 hours 29 min and 37th in his age group
Not bad for their first ironman!

Celebration Time!

Sean's bike injury

A little post ironman snack

The hotel room, that night... a little sore! But still in good spirits!