Final tally

Sorry for the delay:
I finished!
What a ridiculous race. So fun for a while and the such misery later.

Stats:
Time: 11 hrs 38 min.
Status: 7-22 min ahead of my estimate
Caffeine intake: equivalent to 14.5 cups of coffee
cramps: calf during swim, both quads during bike, both calves and both hamstrings during run
# of Pukes: None. Stomach is a steel trap i tell you.
Consumption: 5 pieces of pizza, bag of potatoes (in my back pocket akin to Napolean Dynamite), 15 gu gels, 4 gu chomps, 3 power gels, chicken broth, pepsi, gatorade, cytomax...
State of mind: Euphoria
How is my body feeling: tough to walk, stomach feels queezy, will lose a toe nail for big toe.
Highlight of the day: Tour de france like narrow path formed by rabid chanting fans with cowbells on the last big climb of the bike (felt like Lance Armstrong)
Low of the day: mile 15-16 on the run with big hills and cramping and the end felt so far away.

Lots of thoughts on this amazing day that I will get to later.
Thank you for the comments. Thanks to the 'brady bunch' for their support.

Done with bike, fully on the run.

Sorry for the delay...lack of internet for a bit.
Came in from bike at 2:05 pm, with a whoop, whoop and a big smile.

Stats: 88 degrees
Caffeine= 11 cups
Atttitude: Awsome though worried about cramping.
Getting emotional too now.
Body: Mild cramping in quads and calves,
Me: starting to get teary eyed.

Thinking he'll be done the running at about 6:15-6:30pm.

90 miles...almost done with the bike...

Such a CHAMP...


90 miles in, 22 miles left of the bike.


Stats:
Caffeine: 10 cups down
Attitude: Positive (no more climbing on the bike)
Body: Feeling good, no cramping
Time: 12:55pm
Current temp: 75 degrees

60 miles in...

So this last phone call, I didn't really understand him too well, as it seemed pretty windy, but this is what I got.

Current Temp: 74 degrees

Stats:
Caffeine: 6 1/4 cups
Attitude: Determined
Body: no cramping
Times at ~60 miles: 11:25am

Next update at 90 miles in...He is incredible :)

30 miles in on the Bike...

Brady is now ~15 minutes ahead of schedule!

Pace: 23 mph
Caffeine: 5 cups
Attitude: Excited
Body is Feeling: Good, cramping is over
Time at 31 miles in the bike ride: 9:47am

Go Brady Go!

The RACE is ON!!!

Race started @ 7am.

Brady was ready and calm as usual...I was more emotional!

Brady came out of the water from the swim at 8:15am with a smile on his face and slightly disoriented. At that point he was in the middle of the pack, though the swim is not his strongest leg! Expecting him to kick butt on the bike!

Stats:
*Caffeine intake = to 4 1/4 cups of Coffee
*Legs cramping a bit towards the end
*Attitude: High spirited and smiling
*Body feeling: like he was going into Labor (don't know how he knows what that feels like)...But really good


2.4 miles down, only 138.2 miles to go!!!

The countdown is on

We have been in Penticton for 2 nights. One would imagine I would be relaxing, but there is a fair amount of running around to do. This is not an ordinary triathlon. A lot of logistics.

Seeing 2600 people at the welcome dinner last night was pretty cool. Lots of chiseled guys and gals and not a lot of people with love handles. Everyone looks like they could use a cheeseburger or 3.

The whole family is here. We rented a house on the hill (picture of Penticton shown is taken from the house). They will be wearing green ‘Brady Bunch’ shirts on race day. Love the support!

We have raised $500 for ahmsa so far. This is a great cause alleviating poverty. More donations are appreciated. Thank you so far to Connor & Lona, Angie, Scott & Vanessa, John & Lindsey, mom, Kjell & Kevin, Aaron & Katie, Ryan & Shannon, Fletchenie, Louie & Kristen, and Jessica.