Looking Back

I tend not to look back at races I have done all that often, but in the past week a few people have asked me how many Ironman races I have done (I must be looking tired) and I kept answering that I honestly didn't know. Well, since I had a few minutes on my hands I sat down and tried to add them up. The answer; quite a few. Here they are;

1999 - Ironman USA - 7th - 9:18
1999 - Ironman Hawaii - 58th - 9:16
2000 - Ironman New Zealand - 10th - 8:59
2000 - Ironman Hawaii - 133rd - 9:54
2001 - Ironman California - 13th - 9:05
2001 - Ironman USA - 7th - 9:10
2001 - Ironman Hawaii - 1122nd - 13:43
2002 - Ironman Japan - 9th - 9:13
2002 - Ironman Canada - 5th - 8:52
2002 - Ironman Hawaii - 24th - 9:01
2003 - Ironman USA - DNF
2003 - Ironman Canada - 8th - 8:58
2003 - Ironman Hawaii - 40th - 9:11
2004 - Ironman USA - 10th - 9:16
2004 - Ironman Hawaii - DNF
2005 - Ironman Canada - 38th - 9:57
2006 - Ironman USA - 5th - 8:57
2006 - Ironman Hawaii - 32nd - 8:52
2007 - Ironman Australia - 6th - 8:55
2007 - Ironman Hawaii - 21st - 8:47
2008 - Ironman Couer D'Alene - 4th - 8:53
2008 - Ironman Hawaii - 26th - 8:57
2009 - Ironman New Zealand - 7th - 8:44

Yep, that is a lot of Ironman races. 23 and counting!
Each one has definitely played a big part in who I have become.