Mike rocked it! 32nd OA!

Looks like Mike might have qualified for Kona, the initial number of spots projected for his age group was 5. It could change according to the number of starters, but hopefully it's good :)

Who's Mike?! I love all sub 10 hour guy's!

That would be Kylie's other half ;)

Way to go you two! Keep on trucking Trifuelers :)

Congrats to all those who raced today!! I just tried to check Ironmanlive.com, and I was getting other people when I entered the race numbers.

Way cool though, I feel even more motivated. Maybe an IM in 2-3 years if I can continue to improve.

...and Libor's through the bike in 5:45 and the first half of the marathon in 2:04:30. Looks like things are going a bit smoother than Arizona did :D

Dang - I missed it - I was looking for him too... Just saw his numbers go up. Way ta go BBB!:)

Woo! Kylie! Smoking time! I bet she sleeps well tonight!!

Too bad I am going to cras before the rest of the IMCAers finish.

Congrats to all!

Congratulations everyone, those are some awesome numbers up there.

Trifueler's rule!

Great job everyone! Looking forward to some great race reports!!!

Great races, all!

congratulation to each one of you.
Now it's time to celebrate. First round of coronas on me, orale!!!!

Thanks a bunch for the encouragement everybody.
My swim worked out just fine - 87 mins, considering I did six swims in training all year.
The bike was fun down to Osoyoos (67k in 1:52:00) BIG tail wind, but it was all uphill after that, stopped with cramps at the out and back at 100k took some salt and finished well - raced with Britt from Yellow Lake back to town. She's tough.
Paid for it on the walk.

Britt's hubby Antonio finished his first IM in good form yesterday.
I saw Larry (nakedb26.2) at the start of the run and at the finish. He finished about 20 mins ahead of me.
Met Libor at the finish line
Had dinner with Toni Sat eve.
Saw Vanjames Sat am on Main Street.

Report tomorrow with pix.

PoC

Thanks all for keeping an eye out for us. It was a tough race despite some hard conditions on the bike.

Nice job everyone!

I got to see BBB finish and ended up sharing a hotel room with the very hospitable Britt and Tony. They wouldn't let me sleep in my car and I didn't put up much of a fight. :)

I did end up signing my life away! :D I'm so excited! It's all I can think about!

Tribro - What happened to Matt? Thought he was racing??

Rob - It was nice to meet you! Sorry your wife missed out on a slot. No roll downs?

The weather was great for race day. No real heat issues, just wind, good partial cloud cover. We only saw half of the number of racers we usually see in the med tent. I'd call it a very successful race day!

I can't wait to read all of the race reports too! Congrats to all!

Thanks all! I LOVED the IMKY course. Volunteers were awesome, bike was awesome (including meeting Nobody - Dennis - during it!). Run hurt like... well... a lot ;) But had awesome timing on seeing Mike during it, etc. I definitely recommend that one!! Full report, complete with pics, to follow at some point.

Yeah, Mike rocks. I'm lucky :) He didn't have the race he'd hoped for pre-Vineman-car-wreck as his leg is definitely not healed yet but was pleased considering. And yes, he took a Kona slot, so I get a vacation to HI!!

As for finisher gear: I was surprised no shirt at the end (it would have been nice if they saved either the hat or shirt we got at registration and made it into a finisher item at the finish line), but finisher gear is always for sale after (even at races that give a shirt). Just different designs on the sale stuff. The cool thing is that the merchandise people realized that people wanted finisher stuff they didn't have, and took special orders! Basically said anything that was embroidered they could add "finisher" and the date to if you wanted, so Mike and I went that route. I will have to post a pic of my cute white and pink finisher girly cut polo once I get it.

PoC - Andy retrieved me from the medical tent after you crossed so I could congratulate you, but you were gone. I couldn't search for too long as I had to get back to the tent.

Congrats on your finish! Btw, at the start of the swim were you the one wading in for about 2-3 minutes while the washing machine took off?

LOL I was the one in the hot pink shirt with EventsBC.ca on my back advertising my new website, yes.

:D

Thanks for the pat on the back,
PoC

1:15 - 7:02 - 5:47 - 14:31:15 Had a mechanical prob on the bike and IT Band prob on the run. Race report coming soon. I kept looking for you Kylie on the run-figured you were pretty far ahead. Don't guess I ever saw you. Great job though to all of you.

See the race report. I finally got it up.

He's too old ;) Actually, he used to be a pro (after college and before grad school). He did qualify for Kona as a pro, too... but living on the Eastern side of Canada it was too $$ to actually go.

Yeah... I just make fun of him for the old part sometimes. He just doesn't really have time with his job and such.