Ironman Texas 2012

So, post Ironman Wisconsin... Team WILD had some 'issues'.  we had 4 of 11 that had set out to be IronWOmen and not succeeded.  There were flat tires, vomiting and a bad wreck but 4 with a goal, unfulfilled.

Two of them decided Ironman Texas was the place to get their Ironman 'title'!  Lorrie and Susie headed out!

Four of us - Kathleen from San Fransisco....  Jen from Chicago... . Lyndsay from Milwaukee... and Karyn from Denver.... all headed out to see some WILD gals do Ironman Texas.  Gillian, Lorrie and Susie!

 

The weekend started out innocently enough.  Some dinner and beers the night before the race - we weren't racing, after all.

Spectating an Ironman event is an endurance sport - just ask Tucker ;)  We started with the swim...

We played the D-CARD (Diabetes card) and got into the transition area to give Lorrie her spare insulin pump when she exited the water.

  First out of the water was Gillian - no wetsuit - followed by Susie and Lorrie - both wearing wetsuits which is an automatic 10 minute later start! 

The swim was over and we had a few hours (6-8) to wait for everyone to return so we saw some sights ;)

Finally, the bike is over but no Susie!!! and no Lorrie!!!  We hang out at transition - yes, in transition again.... and finally Lorrie arrives with her police escort - siren and lights going!!!!

 

She asks if she can have a beer and someone in the crowd hands me a beer!  Which I take the cap off of and hand to Lorrie - here she is wandering transition with her beer!

 

We hang out and find Susie... watch Gillian finish  (oh!  Susie ended up in the med tent and an amulance after passing out at mile 95 of the bike from heat exhaustion and dehydration - although she looks okay here after some IV bags of saline)

Tire as we could possibly be - we all gather into the Jeep and go back to the hotel.  5 spots and 6 people so there was some lap sitting.

 

 

Breakfast the next morning started with some bloody marys!

 

 Lorrie likes her veggies!

Next, we moved on to margaritas, ugh, er, I mean we met Gillian!

 

Sill reading???  really????  If so, there were some, um, commitments made over margaritas - it was NOT the tequila talking - for Team WILD to take on RAGBRAI (google it if you don't know) and IMAZ 2013.  sigh, I said I was one and done.  apparently that is NOT true.  See ya in Tempe in November of 2013!   Since it is my home town I am expecting some additional crowd support!