Don't know if there is such a thing...but if there is I have it. We left our Bed and Breakfast in Kelowna yesterday just after 7am. We pulled into Portland at 8pm. Now, there were some stops to be had along the way, but basically we were moving (mostly via car) for over 12 hours yesterday. Wow.
We pulled onto Lake Shore drive in Penticton to register just after 8:15am and quickly found a parking spot. I was pretty worried as I know Ironman Canada normally sells out on site. We had volunteered in the hopes that we would be sent to the front of the line. Upon getting to the registration area I was terrified at the length of the lines. There must have been close to 1,000 people waiting in line!! I don't see any separate lines for volunteers. I start to panic. Just as I had made peace with the fact that I was going to have to wait hours at my chance to register a very friendly volunteer spotted me and asked if I was looking for the line for volunteers looking to register for the race for next year. "You bet your ass I am!!" Well, I'm sure I said something different, but regardless I was led around the back of this gigantic tent to a special entrance and was immediately sat down in front of a lady with a computer asking for my email address and credit card.
Heck yeah! We were out of there in a few minutes. Registration in hand, we stopped for breakfast and high tailed it out of our favorite country to the North. On our way home we stopped at Leavenworth for some Bavarian fun. It was a great trip, albeit short. Last week was a recovery week with training and was much needed. I'm confident my body took the opportunity to absorb the heavy base miles I put on it the past month. I'm now starting a strong 4 week build which includes a kick start of an Olympic Distance race at Hagg Lake on Saturday. Fun times. I'll post some pics from our adventure once I get them all downloaded from my camera. Oh, and I just looked...it appears for the first time in forever Canada didn't sell out on site so I guess we didn't really need to head north afterall. But we did, and it rocked!!
-T
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