Brent | November 8, 2009
Yesterday 4 of my friends competed in IronMan Florida. For the uninitiated, an IronMan Triathlon consists of a relaxing 2.4 mile swim in the Gulf of Mexico, followed by a jaunty little 112 mile bike ride. Oh!- and then lace up your Shox and go run a full marathon- 26.2 miles to end your day.
To do this, it takes the above-average human somewhere between 10 and 17 hours, with 17 hours being the official cut-off for the race finish.
Throughout the day, I followed their progress on-line, as well as text back and forth to their support teams and family’s.
I thought it would be interesting to list some of the things I did yesterday while my friends Dan, Talmadge, Steve and Spencer did their IronMan:
* When the race started at 7:00am, I spent about an hour skimming the internet, reading and responding to emails, sipping coffee, and had some quiet time in the house before anyone else woke up.
* I did two loads of laundry. Towels and Gabe’s clothes.
* I ran 6 miles. ( any other day, I’d probably feel good about that, lol )
* Came home, stretched, and spent time with my wife before she left for work for the day.
* When my daughter Casey woke up, I kept her company while she ate her poptarts (Cookie Dough flavor).
* I cut my hair.
* I showered and cleaned up.
* I made lunch. (nothing special – just a sandwich, banana, and yogurt)
* Gabe woke up, so I talked with him as he ate his poptarts (Hot Fudge Sundae flavor)
* Casey had her friend Sydney over, so I entertained them, was subject to their movies and videos they made, and helped with computer issues they were having. Microsoft is the Devil. Sony is only slightly less evil.
* I took my dog Boomer for a walk.
* I went and visited our friends the Tidds, for a couple hours. Maggie and I ate at Taco Bell. We went to CVS for candy. We rented a movie. I also met their new puppy Cleo. She’s cute.
* I came home and did two more loads of laundry. More towels and a load of shirts.
* I watched a movie. (Wolverine, which I would recommend if you like such things).
* I cleaned the litter box.
* I took out our trash.
* I fixed a door hinge that had broke.
* I transported my son and his friend out to go see a movie as well. Even though those two boys met two girls at the movies, it was NOT a date! It was simply two people meeting two other people to spend time together…
* For the remainder of the evening I spent time with Casey and watched her make a video from all the pictures and videos that she and Syd made during the day. I talked with Shellie, and I talked with Gabe and Dustin when they returned from the not-a-date. They saw The Box. Said it was weird and dumb. Thumbs down.
So I feel like I was really productive yesterday. I was active, I did lots and lots of things around the house, got in some exercise, spent time with everybody in my immediate family, hosted both of my children having friends over, entertained myself with a movie, and many other things.
But then- consider that during this entire day, then entire time I had done everything on this list (and more that I didn’t write down) that they were swimming, biking, and running. THE. ENTIRE. DAY. From 7:00 am until about an hour after I went to bed at 10:00pm, they continued to race.
wow.
Dan Thomas, Talmadge Reasoner, Steve and Spencer Sunbury….
YOU are an IronMan!!!!
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