Weekend in Madison

Finally a couple minutes to post about last weekend. We went out to Madison on Friday night to camp at Lake Kegonsa State Park. Currently all of our Madison friends live places where they can't have dogs so we camp so we can bring the pup. Fortunately, Cassie loves being outside and especially loves swimming. This state park has a nice dog swim beach. It's always fun to get out camping and we had a nice visit from David on Saturday for dinner (brats, beans, and corn all cooked on the fire).

Lake Kegonsa State Park



Nap Time in the Hammock

  On Sunday we woke up early and packed up to get downtown for the start of the Ironman triathlon. It is an impressive sight seeing 2500 athletes start swimming at the same time.


Ironman Wisconsin Swim Start

 This year Diana and I volunteered for the bike to run transition during the triathlon. We caught the athletes as they finished the bike leg and then put their bikes back on the racks as they went out on the run. This is one of the more active and busy volunteer opportunities during the race.

Another reason for volunteering is that volunteers get to sign up for next year's race ahead of the general public and I was planning on signing up. I learned on Monday morning how crazy signing up is for this race. Registration was scheduled to open at 9 am and I was told by others to get there pretty early. I thought 6:45 am for a 9:00 registration would be early enough, but at least 500 people with sleeping bags new better. Fortunately registration opened early around 8:00 and I was registered by 9:00 and made it to work by 11:30. So after taking a half day off of work and spending some $$$ I am now registered for the 2012 Ironman. Let the training begin.