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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
Congrats! And mmm ice cream and sleeping in your finisher's medal ;)
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jmcglos posted 34 weeks ago.
Congratulations!
My post race treat was freshly made, warm turtle cookies! (I can't eat ice cream or that would probably have been my choice too).
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RV posted 34 weeks ago.
Congrats! Definitely earned those treats!
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Star posted 34 weeks ago.
Real men DO cry....you can't deny the emotions of the Ironman. CONGRATS!! :)
My blog: http://star.trifuel.net
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Tikal Dog posted 34 weeks ago.
Come on!!!!!!Gender re-assignment???????
Whenever I imagine myself crossing the finish line of an IM (will happen until 2009) I almost always get wet eyes.
I will cry like a baby when it actually happens.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
man I get teary even thinking about IM finishes! I'm not going to talk about watching the IM KY DVD the other night... ;)
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beads1985 posted 34 weeks ago.
kylie;84797 wrote:
man I get teary even thinking about IM finishes! I'm not going to talk about watching the IM KY DVD the other night... ;)
Hopefully it wasn't a gender re-assignment feeling ;)
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Leroy Bonkers posted 34 weeks ago.
beads1985;84791 wrote:
Great Job!!But should we call you Leroyina Bonkers now? :D
Ha Ha! :p I put the gender comment in there because my wife was watching when I wrote it.
If you liked that you'll love this attachment.
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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
I did comment "I'm such a girl!" during it ;)
The fun part? I'm in it a couple times!
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Tribro posted 34 weeks ago.
nice job! way to get in tough with your masculinity and feminity in one days event. i shed a few my first time around as well. and i still shed them whenever I watch my bros finish. i didn't cry when dad came in tho, maybe I didn't have any water and salt left in me :)
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JohnieTri posted 34 weeks ago.
kylie;84797 wrote:
man I get teary even thinking about IM finishes! I'm not going to talk about watching the IM KY DVD the other night... ;)
I got mine the other day too, and have to admit, I teared up a little too. I always envisioned myself really breaking down into tears as soon as I crossed that line, but surprisingly, I was the complete opposite- all smiles and pumped up! Congrats on making the video, Kylie.
Congrats, MRS. Bonkers, You are an Ironman!:D
-Johnie
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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
Ya know I think when I do it I'm smiles and happy and thrilled and no tears, but watching it later, or thinking about it, or seeing others, and I tear right up!
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psychosyd posted 34 weeks ago.
Yeah, that IM finish line is an emotional place. I was fighting the tears back as I saw my wife and parents as well.
congrats. It was all about the waffle house at 6:00 am the next morning as noone could sleep!
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leschrotz posted 17 weeks ago.
Ya, don't you love the people who say, "wow, is that your best marathon time?" (meaning, wow, that is a crappy marathon time. They don't understand what a 6-7 hour bike takes out of you!
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Leroy Bonkers posted 17 weeks ago.
No doubt.
And then they rattle off their best mile time from a Junior High field day and you think "So what? String 26 of those together and then we'll talk" as they slurp down another 1,000 calorie Starbucks while you crunch on carrot sticks and then they take you through a highlight reel of their glory days... But gues what... guess what!!... I'm living those glory days right now! Better beleive it chump! Put down the donut and take the stairs! Dump the 'smoke yourself thin' diet and ride a bicycle! Yeah... that's what I tell em. Every time baby. Word.
Race report: swim= scary. bike=long. run 1st lap=I'm awesome. run 2nd lap= I hurt so bad and went so slow.
POST race report: I found my wife and son and had a brief little cry across the fence. Ironman apparently had the equivalent effect on me as gender re-assignment because I was all kinds of bloated and emotinal. ;) I got some pizza from the food tent and sat down with the happy family who showered me with praise. I wasn't really hungry until that first bite and then I began to really chow down.
At the Top of the Gulf condos I started returning voicemails from family members who wanted a report. All my non-triathlete friends who watched me on ironmanlive wondered why I slowed down so much on the second lap. Apparently "It's hard" didn't make enough sense!
Showered and escaped the condo to make it to Kitchens Ice Cream company with 10 minutes to spare before closing. Ice cream tastes so much better when you earn it.
Next day: Take off the finishers medal. All 2000+ finishers crowded into the same little tent to buy iroman branded beer glasses and sweatshirts. I personally sucumb to a bike jersey, two stickers, and a luggage tag. 9 out of ten athletes still wearing their finishers hat.
The six hour drive home seemed so long... but at least I didn't have to run a marathon afterwards!