Coeur d'Alene

I'm just home from a 3-day trip to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Let's agree to call it "CdA", because I'm not typing that mess anymore.

There are spaces available for your org, as long as your logo is round.

This was the site of Ironman CdA 2011, which took place on Sunday. I shared a house with 9 other people, five of them were racers. The first thing we did was drive the bike course, which was hilly and scenic and hilly as hell.

That's a house under the road, for some reason.

Of course, you can't visit CdA without riding the brass moose. They had a bunch of these.

Now me and the moose BOTH have the herps.

On race day I peeled wetsuits and generally sherpa-ed the racers to the finish. I don't have any photos of that, because I'm lazy, y'all.

The day AFTER the race, I walked to the host hotel to see how much rooms are.  They cost a lot of bucks, FYI. I saw this one really smart individual (pretending to be) reading the paper in the lake, which is 56°F. REALLY smart.

No lifeguard, so read the paper at your own risk.

Then I did the unthinkable. Actually, it was my plan all along, but I prefer the dramatic.  I signed up to race Ironman CdA 2012.  Good news for you! IronChad.com will continue with actual training posts. No more posts where I'm slowly getting fatter and less interesting. Soon I'll be thinner, faster, more sexually agressive and acne-covered. Hooray for testosterone!!

That Asian girl was laughing at me. Story of my life.

Then I flew home just in time to make faces with my kid(s).

Anyone have some cash I can borrow for braces?

See you there.

IronChad returns, but for how long?

Since I last wrote a lot has happened in the Iron household. Here's the quick and dirty (which was my nickname in high school.)
Baby Kelly
My second daughter was born about a month ago. She's perfect, but she keeps us busy.

New house
When Kelly was 2 weeks old, we moved to a new house. It's in a better school district, and I no longer have a pool to maintain. Instead there's a community pool just three blocks away. I've been unpacking and dealing with boxes night and day for more than a week now.

Half Ironman
Last week I got inspired and signed up for a Half Ironman in California. March 31, 2012, Oceanside, California. I've got lots of time, but I'm excited.

Full Ironman
Next week I'm flying to Idaho to volunteer at and Ironman event and register for the 2012 race. Watch this space for training updates on this race.