Congrats to everyone who raced on Sunday...it was a tough day out there but you all toughed it out and had fun while doing it!

Also...thanks for the kudos to our team...it is appreciated. Somebody mentioned that "people must enjoy working with the guy"...and I think that pretty much sums up the success that this event enjoys. The event was started as a Family event and remains that way...the success belongs to everyone involved. It's not work if you enjoy what you do and love the people your are with.

Over the years we have assembled a great team in Kansas...a team collected of other RD's that come into handle different parts of the event.

Swim - Zach Ukich and Kelsey Deery...and my two older brothers Jason and Shane.
Bike - Brian Myrick (RD of Muncie 70.3) - Bryan "Amazing" Mayes - Nick "The Prick" Gardner
Run - Andre Lapar (RD of San Juan 70.3 - Providence 70.3 - Miami 70.3)
Garbage - Tom Ziebart (Carnie Legend)
Site Supplies - Tommy "Kansas" Hutchinson
IronBand - Scott Kinner and Dave Schultz for everything they do. Watch out for their new soundtrack "Mammas don't let your Babies grow up to be Carnies"
Volunteer Director - Angie Zeller. (Most Valuable Carnie)
Registration - Camille Evans and Erin Erickson...and my Mom. A thankless job...these are the people that deal with all of the tri-baby tantrums;)
Announcer/Sound - Dave & Melinda Downey. Boulder County Communications. Best Event Sound company in the country.
Transition - Glenn "The Godfather" Bohannon. He sets the mood for the entire event!

Thanks again,
Ryan

I still feel like crud. Jayhox -great catching up with you before, during and after the race.

Did anyone else smell (and taste) gasoline during the swim. I dd twice. Been crapping out fire ever since.

Ryan, Tom, Glenn, et al - great job as always!

Tina....probably was her. I ran into another athlete who was getting ready to drop out of the race when they broke a spoke…Tina got it securely wrapped around another spoke for her so she could finish the bike leg. Nice service!

Yeah, Once as I swam past one of the motor boats I got a mouthfull. But I was so greatful they were there because I used the boats to help me sight the direction we were to swim that I didn't think to much of it. I had plenty of other more pressing things to worry about (waves, chop, white caps). I got really confused when the the return bouys were orange and I was looking for yellow. That caused a second or two of brest stoke to re-orient myself. In all honesty the swim didn't bother me as much as the wind on the bike cooked me and the sun on the run sauted me.

Ryan Robinson. Great RD. I believe it is ryan.robinson@ironman.com I was told by Lisac that they even had to turn away one of her friends who came to volunteer. People must like working with the guy. Every race I have done with him as RD has been first class all around.

That was my third time at Kansas and I love it. Great race, great people. After everything that we went through on Sunday my only criticism seems so inconsequential but how do you not have T-Shirts for people at packet pickup?
I was told there were no mens Medium shirts on Sat afternoon, so I added my name to list of people to supposedly have one sent. Ok, no problem. But as I was funneled from race registration to the WTC expo next door, I happen to see plenty of Mens Med shirts for sale. I understand those were different but it just felt strange.

Anyway, I'll be back next year, no matter what the weather.
Thanks again