I was lucky enough to see Brett at the end of his second loop in the cycle. He looked great!
The spectators are awesome! From the tribal dancers (shields, spears and all LOL)to cheer leaders and noise accessories the atmosphere is amazing!

Theresa's estimated time for his cycle is in the region of 6:37 but I know that you BTT'rs will know the correct answer to this.

The weather is hotter than expected so I am sure the athletes are not too pleased about that but their spirits seem high nonetheless. I got burned to a crisp while cheering on the cyclists so walked back to our B&B for some well needed lotion and oh, by chance took a nap. I have no idea how that happened ;)

BTT'rs: Brett is sporting his gear oh so proudly!

Posting another pic for you. See you at the next blog

And the cycle is over....

I was lucky enough to see Brett at the end of his second loop in the cycle. He looked great!
The spectators are awesome! From the tribal dancers (shields, spears and all LOL)to cheer leaders and noise accessories the atmosphere is amazing!

Theresa's estimated time for his cycle is in the region of 6:37 but I know that you BTT'rs will know the correct answer to this.

The weather is hotter than expected so I am sure the athletes are not too pleased about that but their spirits seem high nonetheless. I got burned to a crisp while cheering on the cyclists so walked back to our B&B for some well needed lotion and oh, by chance took a nap. I have no idea how that happened ;)

BTT'rs: Brett is sporting his gear oh so proudly!

Posting another pic for you. See you at the next blog!
Cheers,
T

He takes the swim with a PR

Hi All,

Brett completed his swim in a time of 1:17.07. This race is amazing. The beach was swamped and the vibe unbelievable. From the S.A Army to a traditional cannon being fired for the start to the African tribal dancers on the beach, it is just so much fun!

I dropped Brett off at 5:30am and he appeared to feel ready. I can't even imagine what I might feel if I were about to fulfill my life dream. I have a funny feeling that this might be the first of many. I don't know if my heart can take it ;)

We were sitting at the Wimpy (restaurant on the beach) having breakfast when we were notified of his swim completion and one would think we won the lotto.

We will wait for him to come passed our B&B in an hour or so. Right now we are watching Casper the friendly ghost with the hope of Shelley taking a power nap!

Will check in again later but in the mean time, here are some pics for you.

Cheers
T

Pics for below post....

Nicole finishes her first Iron Kids Race

HI Everyone,

All slept until 10:30am and wandered off to a good breakfast. Woody, a dog the size of a donkey, helped us bask in the morning sun for a while before we all got ready to take Nicole to do her first Kids Tri. The water was FREEZING. The poor kids jumped into a pit of ice so it's no wonder their little arms were flailing like they were...

Nicole did great but did get very dizzy on the run. I don't know if you know that she fainted in the kitchen last week? So after she ran over the finish line she was pretty upset and off to the medics she went. She is fine now but tired, and just want's a Wimpy Milkshake!! LOL She was awesome and we are so proud of her!

Brett is down at the race now delivering his bike and transition bags telling all the Africans they need to guard his bike for him tonight. One can only imagine...

I am planning for a 6am wake up in the morning to take Brett to the start of the tri. Fortunately, after he gets into the swim, the girls and I will come back to our B&B and watch him come past on all his loops. The location of our B&B is amazing. So I will be watching him cycle and run from a chair on the side on the road and walking in to the B&B to update the blogg and pictures as goes his way.

Thanks all for reading the blog. Stay tuned for the big day tomorrow :) GO BRETT GO!
ALL BTT'rs: You can leave comments below for him.....
Cheers
T

And our journey begins!

Both flights were awesome apart from the turbulance on the second one. Shelley used the puke bags on both flights, poor girl. Amsterdam was ... interesting but good :) We arrived in Cape Town at 10:30PM to our friends at the airport.

So much changed since we were here last. New roads that completely confuse me, I have no idea where I am going and, driving on the left hand side of the road has thrown my brain into mayhem. I let Brett drive and am his back seat driver :)

Weather is great, like spring. Days are around 65-70 odd so we get to still enjoy the T-shirts while they all walk around in sweaters. It's hilarious!!

Our first day in Cape Town consisted of a serious lunch at a restaurant we have missed. Then a traditional South African braai (BBQ) outside. It was amazing.

This morning we took a flight to Port Elizabeth, rented our car and are now at the B&B where we will spend the next four days. The B&B is on the iron man course so we should get to see Brett often during the race. Brett did a test swim in the ocean today and said it wasn't too bad (waters just a tad chilly this side)as well as a bike ride and is now up at the convention center for his briefing.

Nicole does her Kids Ironman tomorrow. I wouldn't call her excited but she says she will do it ;) She's goning to be great !!

Will post a few pictures of our day. Enjoy! Also, I will be blogging throughout the race in its entirety!

Stay well
Brett, T, Nicole and Shelley

All Prayers Answered!

All flights are scheduled to take off. Yeehaw....OMG, what stress...