Pretty

Pretty flower.

Pretty awsome stuff.

HB and I stayed up til about 2.30/3 this morning watching the world ironman champs on the dub dub dub. It was amazing. Incredible that an event where you swim 3.8k (over 2miles), cycle 180k (112 miles) and then run 42k (26 miles) would come down to a sprint for the men about a mile from the end - remarkable to think you can be in fighting form after all of that! There were the customary 'age grouper' stories too - of the 80 year old chap who finished in 16 hours, the original winner from the first race in 1978 who finished in 16.5 hours, the 4 time cancer and heart bipass survivor coming back this year after missing the swim cut-off last year by 7 secs, the 56 year old lady who missed the swim cut-off by 24 secs this year.. the list goes on. Why do I love this sport? No matter what the distance, to me it shows spirit, guts, passion, madness! a zest for life. Congrats all.