Christie Moss Brenden & Eliza

 This years Iron man was a little different in that we almost all died. Okay maybe that is an over statement but it was a bit more exciting then we planned on. We got out there on Friday night. We left Brenden with Heather to have his sleep over with Cam that he has been asking for for the last 5 months. We had a little meeting at the lake and then Moss taught some guards how to use the rescue boards. We got bored after that so I taught Moss parents how to wonder around Wal-mart with nothing in mind to buy. They thought I was a little weird but I gave them some good tips if they ever take up the sport.
We slept in our car that not and slept okay. It was hard to not sleep on my belly but since I didn't want to squash my baby I had to find another way to get some sleep. Four AM came pretty early but we were ready to start out long day. We got everything set up and got boated over to the start line.

The athletes started to file into the water and Moss and I stood guard in case anyone tripped at died... It looked like it was going to be a great race with warm water and no waves. We were very wrong, about twenty mins into the race it looked like this...

With constant twenty mile an hour winds and gust  up to 50 miles per hour it was intense to say the least. I was glad morning sickness had skipped me this day or I would of been puking like crazy from sea sickness added on. In the end the guard pulled between 300 and 400 people from the water and eventually all the guards for pulled from the water too and tried not to freeze to death. We were very happy when we got the news everyone was accounted for. I felt so bad for the athletes that got pulled out they prepared for a 2.4 mile swim and a lake not against ocean like waves. The Iron man people were nice and let them keep  going with an unofficial time which was better then nothing. Next year it will only be a half Iron man but it should still be fun. Not sure if I will be much help with a 6 month old crawling around but we will see.