Ironman Mont Tremblant: The Run

There were tons of people lining the way into T2 cheering & yelling! I dismounted my bike and handed it off to a volunteer and stopped short of telling her to just put it in the dumpster. I started to run to the Transition tent, but could not feel my legs. Next, I saw my husband & kids standing behind the fence and I stopped, let out a sigh of relief, and walked toward them. Then, I heard the announcer saying my name and telling the entire audience that I had just completed a 2.4 mile swim & 112 mile bike ride with a broken arm, as he relayed the story of my bike accident 7 weeks before and that I showed up, despite my injuries. People were cheering and asking me to come give them "high 5's", it was surreal and I was overwhelmed with emotion! I quickly relayed the story of my bike malfunction to my husband and asked him to please let my coach know what had happened. He had been worried, but told me I looked great and to have a good run.

(I was so Happy to see my Family!)

Ironman Mont Tremblant: The Bike

The wetsuit strippers were quick and efficient! They handed me my suit and I turned back to see my family and they all yelled, "Go, Go, Go!!!" I was off to T1! It was approximately 1/3 of a mile to the Transition tent from the swim. It was lined with red carpet and people cheering everyone on. I was so excited to be done with the swim. I looked at my watch and was happy with my time, but it said I had swam 4525 yards! Whoops!! I knew swimming on the outer edge would add more distance, but I had to protect my arm and it just didn't matter, I laughed at myself a bit for adding that much extra distance to my day!

Ironman Mont Tremblant: The Swim

3:45am, I'm up and making coffee, feeling very excited about the day ahead of me. I go through my Special Needs bags and make sure I have everything I think I might need at the 1/2 way point on the bike and run. Oddly, I was not nervous about the day ahead. After all I had done in the past 7 weeks, after the bike accident and injuries incurred with that, my goal was to just Finish the race. I knew it was not going to be easy as I had missed 2 key weeks of training, then I was unable to do any swim training for 4 weeks as I let the fracture in my humeral head heal up as much as possible. Honestly, I was thrilled to have pulled myself together enough to make it to the start line. I knew in my heart that despite all of the obstacles I had encountered, I would be able to cross the finish line before midnight.