Ironman Wisconsin Spectator Report (Photo Essay)

Today the weather was glorious, the dog finally stopped bleeding (long story, she'll be fine, just need$ a $simple $urgery to remove an angry infected growth) and the baby was in a good mood so we rolled the dice and took a little road trip to Madison so I could get me an Ironman fix.

The baby miraculously slept in the car the entire way and was as good as can be expected under the circumstances. (He alternated between being excited at all the cool stuff to see and terrified of the loud cheering.)

The timing of our drive with Baby Bear's nap got us there about 20 minutes before the pros starting coming in off the bike.

We caught a little of Mike Reilly killing time announcing at the bike dismount waiting for the first cyclists to come in.

I managed to catch a great shot of race winner Chris McDonald coming in first off the bike.

Then we happened to catch women's winner Hillary Biscay zooming through T2 as we finished shopping at the expo.

Baby Bear was done with being in the stroller, so we found a quiet spot so he could burn off a little steam.

Had killer pizza (avocado, feta, black bean and tomato! sublime!) at Ian's on State Street while the Bear got to ring his first cowbell. He's a natural. : )

Managed to catch a cool shot of winner Chris McDonald nearing the end of the first run loop.

Then we had to hightail it back to the van so we could feed, change and strap in a tired, cranky Bear for the ride home. But I couldn't resist stopping for a quick look at the Holy Grail finish line.

This is the IM loot Wonderful Husband treated me too...
I heart my pink pull buoy, and I can't wait until the Bear fits into his cute little IM shirt : D