Kona 2011 Volunteer/spectator report (really really long...) (Page 2)

All I can say is Bucket List ;-).

Your report was awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Shelly

Top post ... very inspiring and shows the spirit of the event so well.

Congrats, simply a joy to read!!!!!

I loved reading about this - thank you! 

I've volunteered at both IM Canada and IMMoo and can tell you that while it's absolutely amazing and a totally inspiring event to be a part of, I don't know that they can compare to the experience at Kona.  Also, thanks for adding this as a MUST DO vacation in the future! 

Hey, I totally remember you.  You were the happiest guy we saw that morning!! 

and if I do say so myself, your number still looks perfect in your race picture on Ali'i drive. 

Now THIS is an awesome forum post!

Thank you for the photos and especially the photo of Phil White from Cervelo. Excellent. Well done.

Awesome report!

We flew into Kona on the Monday after the race on the last leg of our honeymoon. We really wanted to be there for the race, but it didn't work into our flight plans. Just being in Kona on that Monday was exciting as many of the tents were still up and athletes every where! All week we saw people out running/riding the course. Then, on our flight back to Houston on Friday evening I'm nearly positive that Chrissie Wellington was on our 1st flight to LAX, but I didn't want to get to close to her to make sure and it was dark in the airport. 

Wanted to bump this in case anyone missed it. I couldn't see the pics at work due to our Internet security so made sure to read from home.

Excellent post, thanks for sharing.

They were throwing out the goggles to the crowd at the finish line.  It's a great place to get free stuff.    They (TYR) were also handing out the goggles and swim caps in the mornings down at the pier during the week.

I just wanted to thank everyone for the comments, I'm glad you enjoyed the post.    For those of you that say you want to go some day, I say just do it!  Plan ahead and book things early to keep the costs lower (I booked a car in Feb and got 10 days for $300 - if I had booked the same thing in August it would have been $900).

What time did you need to get up to wait in line to register for next year?