Ironman Madison Race - Complete...Sign up - Almost there...

At finish line down by the capital

Us at 3:30 AM waiting in line...what beauties!

Well, we made it to Madison and had a great time volunteering yesterday. Currently, Noelle Cindy and myself are sitting in line to sign up for next year's race outside the convention center. We got here at 3:30 AM! (Yes, we are nuts...I've accepted that fact. We're signing up for Ironman - need I say more?). We are supposed to get a special line to sign up in, since we volunteered - but there were over 4500 volunteers...so we wanted to make sure we were safe. I think we'll be OK.... we are 9th, 10th, and 11th in line. hee hee.

Yesterday was fun. We got to the race early to watch the swim start and get our volunteer T-Shirt and wristband. That was a fiasco...they only had XXL T-shirts so we got "dresses" that we had to wear all day. So cute. We had a good spot watching the bikers going out of transition down a parking ramp helix - gotta be careful of that thing next year! 

We then shopped in the Ironman store a little and got ready for our shift in transition. We were "bike takers"...we were busy all day catching bikes from the athletes when they came in. We got a great workout running bikes back and forth all day! After that, we headed to the finish line to watch Jim, Michelle and Heidi come across. They all had PRs and did an awesome job!

I'm so excited for next year already - this race was fabulous and will be an amazing accomplishment once I get across that finish line. 364 days to go!!! The journey begins...