Half-Million Dollars Raised; Bib Number; Website

Thank You.

Thank You for your generous donations and support over the last 10 months. This has been quite a journey for me and my fellow teammates. IronTeam has raised over half-million dollars!!! This money will be used to fund researchers who will continue their hard working on finding better treatments and someday a cure for cancer.

These final weeks I have been very busy, with my training, work projects, and figuring out I need to bring to the race, and what do I still need to buy (e.g. GU, extra pair of dark swim goggles, sunscreen in the small travel size, reflective tape and even duct tape).Oh I've got to write my race plan! THE RACE is in 9 days!!! I will admit I am nervous!!! Of course it's a different kind of nervousness than a cancer patient feels before their first Chemo treatment or the nervousness that Sonny felt before his Bone Marrow Transplant. I am not doing this to save my life. I'm doing it to save the lives of others. And while I struggle to complete this event before the stroke of midnight, I will remember those who struggle to fight the disease of Cancer.

If you are interested on tracking me during my event on Sunday Aug. 27 click on www.ironmanlive.com click on "Athlete Tracker" and enter in my race bib number of 2448. I so excited I just got my number and I'm thinking it's an AWESOME number! Why you might ask ? Here' my thinking, at 24 I was young and in my prime with my whole life in front of me. Now 24 years later, at the age of 48 I have survived many obstacles including the death of my husband Sonny and I have come out on the other side...healthy and strong and about to embark on the longest endurance event of my life - Ironman. Therefore 2448 is a awesome race number!

If you want to check out the course, including pictures, click on this link. http://www.ironmap.com/
It shows a map of the Ironman course and on the back side is spectator's guide. All can be viewed on-line and with a magnifier. Now you can really see the course I'll be riding and running.

One last thing, if you would please send me a few inspiring words or even something funny to get me through the event. It would be greatly appreciated. My plan is to print out your words of wisdom and inspiration and carry them with me during the event. They will be in my transition bags and special needs bag, so when I'm really tired and feeling like I need a boost, I will read your words and be recharged.

Thank you for your support throughout this journey!

Much Love,
Barbara