The Finish Line!

For the Ford Ironman Triathlon Sherman Aveneue was closed down in front of the cafe. The picture shows the finish line for the race. It is exciting in the afternoon as the streets are packed with people cheering on the finishers. They keep the finish line open until midnight and the race begins at 7am. It would take me until midnight to finish it. Crazy! The second picture is of the swimmers out in the lake. Of course it is impossible to see them. All you can really see is a white line of their swimming caps in the water.

Coeur d'Alene just renegotiated our contract with the Ironman Triathlon extending it to the year 2012, which is very exciting. That means if I start training now I might be ready to do it our last year.

Ironically the Ironman Triathlon moved to the City of Coeur d'Alene from Provo, Utah after a swimmer tragically drowned in Utah Lake. I used to live in Provo and have always been amazed that anyone would be required to swim in that cesspool of steel mill pollution.