Mark and I have signed up and been confirmed as volunteers for the Ford Ironman Arizona on November 23. It looks like Mark will be working in the computer center assisting families and media with position and time updates of competitors, while I will be working in the VIP Tent and the volunteer food tent.
Our principal reason for doing this is to register for next year's race. That would give us all of 2009 to prepare for our first full IM race. Ironman races fill up so quickly, so we have been advised that the best way to garner a spot is to be on site for the Monday registration following race day. As volunteers, we get to sign up first after the previous year's competitors.
One of us will take our computer on this trip so we can upload daily updates of the experience to the blog.
We'll depart TX on Nov. 21 and work all day Saturday and Sunday, prior to registering on Monday and departing for Texas later that day.
Mark and I look forward to being at the finish line around midnight watching those competitors who have toiled for nearly 17 hours through 140.6 miles to hear the announcer call their name and say, "You are an IRONMAN!" It's safe to say we'll both have tears in our eyes.
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