Ironman Switzerland

Is over! Thank goodness! I am definitely done with this distance! I thought I would post a list of the positive aspects of the day:

• It was not hot.


• I barely sweat.
  
• I did not get sunburned.
  
• There were cool rain covers for our bikes overnight.
  
• There was chicken broth on the run course, which truly saved me.
  
• While I do not think you can compare one ironman time to another, I did a PR for the swim and run for this distance. (By the way, I don't know where that timing mat was on the swim, but by my watch my actual swim time was closer to 58 min. Yes, I'm bitter.)
  
• The fan/spectator support were unmatched. I think every brass band in all of Zurich was out on the bike and run course.
  
• The courses (swim, bike, and run) were all spectacularly beautiful, even in the rain.
  
• Bill, Mary, and Betty were excellent cheerleaders.
  
• The doctor in the medical tent spoke english.
  
• The IV made me feel much better.


• Theresa, clearly one of my best friends, stopped racing after the bike, yet stood out on the run course (freezing her butt off) to cheer for me, and then after I finished got me to the medical tent, and then, somehow, with the help of Bill and Hugh (in the pouring rain) managed to get 4 bikes and everyone's soaking wet gear loaded on a tram and back to the hotel. I don't know what I would have done without her.