As Dawn recovers from her successful full marathon, we are making plans for the future. TEAMDAWNKELLY followers....we would like to gather at least 112 of you so we can station you at EACH and EVERY mile of the bike course. You will need to provide us with SNACKS , inspiration and defribilators to be used as needed.
It is almost January and the beginning of .....you guessed it....our first massage!

Day 11 - IM WI 2010 - GREAT IDEAS!

Kelly never ceases to amaze me.

A couple great ideas...

1) Make fun IM boxes (complete with stickers, craft night, margaritas and guac) to put in $1 for every training mile. After IM is over, we go shopping in CHICAGO! Wonderful. Looking forward to putting $1's in the IM box.

2) 1 massage a month to reward ourselves of our workout efforts.

When will it be January? So thrilled for these ideas...Keep 'em rollin!

Happy training.

Day 10 - IM WI 2010 - Official Sign Up

Yowsa - it is official - the final step of the "Ironman Sign Up Process" is complete.

Kelly, did you do it as well?

Butterflies and deep breaths.

Day 7 - IM WI 2010 - Bike Ride

We opted out of our 130 mile bike ride on a beautiful Saturday morning to throw down a quick 22 (aka the high cliff sprint course).

The hill is no longer a task for us - we are Ironman - we don't even breath heavy anymore, ha.

Actually, this Saturday morning bike ride was the result of a left behind sweet scarf and hat from the Ironman adventure - Kelly, I know your items are sooo happy to be home.

Until the next adventure...

To quote my brother Sean quoting the TALKING HEADS..." my God, what have I done?"

Day 5 - IM WI 2010

Kelly and I have accomplished so much in our world of training. Actually, we've planned a bike ride for Saturday - throw down a quick 40 and call it a day. This is what we do. Swim. Bike. Run.

We are giving ourselves a couple months to plan and regroup and then the real training begins - until then, just regular stuff.

Let's post some pics.

Day 2 - IM 2010 Sign-Up

Kelly doesn't hesitate at the sound of the alarm. 5:15 a.m. - GET YOUR *SS UP - Let's go sign up for Ironman.

Taking our usual parking spot at Machinery Row bike shop, we entered the line of roughly 75 volunteers waiting to spend some serious cash.

2 people in front of us appeared our new friend John - Mr. "I'm not getting there until 8 a.m.". It was 6 a.m. and we only waited for 1 hour.

The sign up lined progressed. We showed our credentials (ID's), paid our ridiculous amount of money, booked a hotel. Bam - here we come IM 2010.

John, our new friend, bought us coffee for insisting he arrive early to sign up - we were done with the entire process at 8:30 a.m.

Kelly and I will approach this slow and steady - training will not begin until January 1, 2010. Until then we will eat cookies, drink latte's and rest on the couch. Not entirely, but why rush into it?