Ironman Arizona
So…I’m an IronMATE (check out that picture). How fun. Charlie brought this home after he’d gotten his race stuff picked up.
I was so excited to wear that at the Ironman event.
It fits in with my writing when it comes to mates and things. I talk about that a lot in the stories I write.
And it’s true, Charlie’s my fated mate, so it was fitting.
We had SUCH A blast at the all day event.
Swimming 2.4 miles
Biking 112 miles
Running 26.2
I can only say one thing:
Thank GOD it wasn’t me doing it.
Charlie did great.
He finished in 10 hours and 39 minutes which landed him 37th in his age group (out of 400) and 237 overall (2600 entrants)
He trained so hard for the last 10 months. So I’m glad he did better than he’d expected!
Here are some pictures.
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Thanks for sharing this with me.
All your thoughts and prayers poured out on Facebook was AWESOME!!!!
So proud of you, Char, my IronMATE!
24 Comments
Lisa Kessler
Yow!!! How in the world was he smiling???? LOL
Congratulations to both of you!!! 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Lisa 🙂
lynnkelleyauthor
Haha, you had me going, thinking you did it, too. I sat here reading this in awe, then had to smile when you said you were a spectator. Wow, your hubby is in excellent shape and coming in 37th out of 400 is great! I’m surprised he felt up to going for dessert afterward. He truly must be made of iron!
Lynn Rush
Oh my word. I don’t think I could ever do an ironman. Yeah, that dinner was the next night. He wasn’t too hungry after the long race for sure. LOL!! 🙂
Rebecca Zanetti
That’s AWESOME! Tell him congrats. 🙂
Lynn Rush
I sure will, Rebecca!! 🙂 He’s napping right now. LOL! I think I’d have to sleep a week straight to recover from something like that!
Kendall Grey
It’s unbelievable to me that *any* human being could do all this and live to tell the tale. Hahahaha! Holy. Crap. Huge congrats to Charlie. He’s absolutely awe-inspiring!
Lynn Rush
I know, right? YIKES. He trained so hard for this. Now it’s time to relax. LOL!!!
Lori Lundquist
Simply incredible! Congrats! Looks like fun… I mean the watching him do it part. Not the actual doing it part. 🙂 Happy Tuesday!
Lynn Rush
FUN!! Yep, it was fun watching. The actual doing part….not so much. LOL!!!
Hart
This is so incredible! I can’t imagine that kind of stamina. There is an alternative universe in which I might be able to do a triathalon (the biking is the piece of it that would be hardest, as the other two I’ve done and know I could train for), but an Iron Man? No freaking way. I can’t imagine. Congrats to him!
Lynn Rush
I hear ya, Hart. But here’s the thing. Now I HAVE to do a little triathlon (like a small sprint one) because we had this bet. If he did the FULL I would try a little sprint one. UGH! I so hate swimming. LOL
Alex J. Cavanaugh
And I’d have to agree with you – thank God it wasn’t me!
Lynn Rush
I know, right? LOL!!!!! Most I’ve done is a 1/2 marathon and I thought my legs would fall off!!
danicaavet
How awesome is that? Love the shirt, loved his great big smile throughout the race. Congrats to Charlie and his IronMate!
Lynn Rush
I’m wearing the shirt RIGHT NOW with pride. Yay!!!!!!
Jillian
Awesome job, Charlie. And I also wonder how he smiled through the whole thing.
Lynn Rush
I think his mom was pushing him through the tough stuff so he just had to smile. 🙂
Kat Heckenbach
So the math person in me jumps in and says, “37th out of 237, and 237 out of 2600, is the TOP TEN PERCENT.” That is awesome! You should both be VERY proud!
Lynn Rush
Crazy insane, right??? 🙂 I was so happy for him. He was shooting for 11 hours to finish. He shattered that!!! 🙂
Erin Rain
WOW! This is definitely an accomplishment not many people could achieve! Amazing- and with a smile on his face in every picture! How special! Pass in a congratulations for me! 🙂
Lynn Rush
I couldn’t believe how full of smiles he was. It was AWESOME!
Lindsay
Ironmate,
Your IRONMAN may have finished 37th in his age group and 237th over all but I am absolutley positive he finished NUMBER 1 with you, both fathers and his mom
Traci
I totally agree with Lindsay on this! 🙂
Lynn Rush
Right on!!!!! So true!