Race Number!

Slade is #553!!!

Bike Route Map

It's getting closer! Here is a map of a small portion of the bike route. The map shows where you can park and watch the race. You can park on Cleveland Rd., which is close to the center of the map. The Ironman course is marked with the bold black line. We will walk to N. Birch Trail and watch for Slade from there. In the past there have been several fans in this area and I guess they've even made it on TV the past 2 years! The location is also tree covered so that will block us from the sun/wind/rain...which hopefully there won't be any of! If you'd like to print out the map you can either print this page, or go to the following link for a copy of the map: http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=43.083308,-89.617023&spn=0.058299,0.1157&z=13&om=1 One more note...I ordered the t-shirts and there are going to be over 30 of us wearing them! Thanks everyone for ordering! I changed the color...they are now "tangerine" (a very nice orange!) with white writing. We'll see everone in less than 2 weeks!

The Countdown!

Check out this link to the countdown until Ironman! http://www.ironmanwisconsin.com/wisclock.html

What to Wear!

We have a couple of ideas for what to wear on the big day. Our friends John and Erin (who are 2-time Ironman WI finishers themselves!) came up w/the idea that everyone dress up in Hawaiian/Hula apparel while we watch the bike portion of the race! If we let Slade know in advance where we'll be watching he'll really be able to pick out all of his fans on the course! Also, we are wondering if anyone is interested in getting t-shirts of some kind that we could wear during the race. The t-shirt would say something like "Ironman WI 2007, GO SLADE!" If you are interested, let me know, I will need to get that organized soon. Email me (angie_elsen@hotmail.com) the quantity you would like as well as the sizes. I will also email everyone to get the word out.

Only 3 weeks before the big day!