{"id":33742,"date":"2019-09-28T17:07:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T21:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=33742"},"modified":"2019-09-28T17:07:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T21:07:52","slug":"the-third-ironman-an-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=33742","title":{"rendered":"The Third (Iron)Man – An introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Kathey and Allene, two of my Easter Island Pals<\/a>, asked me to run the marathon leg of an Ironman Relay, I thought it’d be fun.<\/p>\n

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Turns out, I still think it’ll be fun, but I also think it’ll be bonkers.\u00a0 Like really, really, ridiculously really bonkers.\u00a0 And that’s coming from a crazed marathon guy.\u00a0 I’ve got nothing on these folks.<\/p>\n

Amongst the things I found out on race weekend:<\/p>\n

1) No selfies or cameras or phones on the course… if you have a phone it must remain in your pocket.<\/p>\n

2) No one can help you along the course except the volunteers at the designated aid stations — if some passersby hand you a cup of water because it’s 96 degrees (as it’s forecast for tomorrow), that’s a disqualifying offense.<\/p>\n

3) The swim and biking portions are so far beyond me and my skills and my heart’s drive that I’d be done before I even stepped foot on the beach in the first leg of the swim, bike, run trilogy.<\/p>\n

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There’s a lot more, too.\u00a0 There are a lot of niggling details and minor rules that sound less like rules for a race and more like the rules for working at Hudsucker Industries:<\/p>\n