For those of you that do not know, Ironman races fill up fast. Really fast and early. Registration for the races open one year in advance of race day and can sell out within hours. Case in point, Ironman Australia registration opened this week for the race being held one year from now. The race sold out in record time...a whopping 1 hour and 9 minutes for the event to filled to capacity.
Now one may say, just register for another race. Well its not always that easy. There are only 8 Ironman races a year in North America. And only another 7 internationally. So its not like there are an abundance of opportunities.
There is a way however to make sure you are able to get registered for your chance to hear Mike Reilly yell those four words as you cross the finish line "...you are an Ironman!". You register to be a volunteer at a race. They allow volunteers to sign up for the following years race first before registration is open to the general public. So in a way its kind of like being back in grade school when you tried to cut the line. But here they actually encourage it!
So that brings me to this week. You all know my goal of completing Ironman Texas 2013. Well this week volunteer registration opened up and I made sure to reserve my spot as a volunteer. As trivial as it may sound it was actually exciting to get registered as a volunteer. Knowing I am officially one step closer to hearing those four words....
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