9.12.10

That was getting kind of annoying seeing my feet everytime you visited this blog, eh? Gross. My pal, Heath, did the Ironman again this year, so I went down to the lakeshore path to hopefully see him and cheer him on. I planned it out pretty well this year and tracked him online all day. I successfully saw him around 3pm during his first loop. We walked together for about a mile while he felt like he needed a break...perfect timing on my part, even though I was prepared to run with him too. When he was ready to run again, I wished him luck and bid him adieu...and then met my friend, Lindsey, to watch the runners on State Street.

Fun fact: we saw a blind athlete! Whhhaaa? He was connected by a buddy band type system with another person. We were confused how he would have been able to do the bike though. Is it a tandem? Couldnt be a sidecar situation because he would have to do the pedaling. If it is a tandem bike, does their partner pedal at all? If so, that would seem a tad unfair. Either way, when he came running down State Street the entire crowd rose to their feet and roared with applause. It was amazing...and inspiring...and for about 30 seconds I thought, maybe I could be an Ironman. And then those 30 seconds were over and I came back to reality.