Kill Kuato

Coeur d’Alene June 22 2008

A Very awsome experience.

I was dumbfounded at the swim. My friend Brian Travis was doing it with his whole family. A family of triathlon freaks. His father had turned 60 this day and was doing his twenty something IronMan. The swimming event was the best. An insane amount of people started, like 2300, jumping into the blender together. Brian had got hit in the eye, someone hit his ear and broke his ear drum, he was nauseous and dizzy the whole swim. They cut the swim off at 2 hrs 20 minutes. If you cannot finish it, you nicely get the axe from the race judges when you exit the water. We were witness to about 4 people that got cut out of the race because of that. There is also a bike cutoff time and a run cutoff time. Brian’s mother Carol came in about 1130 pm. 58 years old.

Total the swim is 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles and a marathon=26 mile run.

IronMan is my ultimate goal of 2010. I will register next year 2009 this time. 500 dolores 8(. But well worth it considering the last end of the gantlet run when you pass spectators cheering you on and some guy on a mic yells YOU ARE AN IRONMAN. They cut the race off at 12 midnight due to safety reasons. The last person is was a 60 something male with a gut. He made it in about 11:59, with the whole crowd singing and dancing the Y M C A song.. We cheered him in. Ten minutes before, some delirious 40 something guy was running in, dizzy smiling slapping fans hands then 10 yards before the finish line, BAM fell on his chest and bounced off the ground like a fish. He stumbled onto his feet and crossed the line; every one cheering him on. He was smiling.

This is the swim.

A total BLENDER.

I found a pic on the site, this is what you would look like if you crossed.

More pix of the event here on flickr. Check out the ending shots with parents crossing over into heaven with their kids and family at their sides.

Here is the a partial video of the start of the swim. The gun went off pretty fast, and I did not get the very start.

Also, I ended up splurging some cash out for a top of the line suit. A 2xU suit, Their homepage is here.

Brian with his mother, father, and brother did the Ironman together. A family Affair!
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Me in my new Batman at sea suit. Peter, a young and upcoming triathlete like me and the stepson of my friend Brian were trying out our suits in the cold water of lake Coeur d'Alene.

Oh yes, Weezer is still cranking them out. Was into them in College. Say it is’nt so, etc. Guitar driven.

Not a bad song here. Throw the insanity of you tube and it is quite the funny salad.  A perfect illustration of this generation. The Average Joe Blows are made famous. We are in charge.

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After my Duathlon in the morning, my father and I decided to pursue a family past time called bowfishing at Marsh Island Moses Lake. I started shooting fish here when I was like 14 with my dad.

The fish were not spawning so we didn’t have any massacre that took place.
My father’s shoulder did ok, he still has only about 85% range of motion in his left shoulder.
He took the pain though and was able to shoot at about 3 carp.

One of the last shots of the day he had though..he shot the carp, broke his line, and the carp ran off with an arrow sticking out it’s side!

Upon entering the marsh, my father realized his sandles were a bad idea. They acted like a shovel in the mud. He had to do the whole tour of the island in bare feet! Crappit! Crappit!

Shortly after being in the water and mud with bare feet-A broadside tail shot, just north of the infamous "canal".

My first kill. Head shot! We were debating if it was a rock sitting under the water. He was not spooked at all. Until he got a headache of course.

Third shot of the day. The shoulder was getting sore holding the bow. The next shot resulted in a broken line and the fish laughing as he ran away with the arrow.

Enjoying the sun and breeze.

Last shot of the day. About a 7 yard broadside "I think that is a fish" doubtful shot.

Vid of the tail shot.

Did another Duathlon today. The Moses Lake Spring festival. I used my green machine bike I built, and FLEW!
I actually felt ok during the 2nd run too! The bike was actually better than my first duathlon. I had to do that on my mountain bike, and it was an 18 mile bike, not a short 12 like todays.

I have been working out between alternating biking and running up a canyon hill behind my home. It has really built up my resiliency, and made the whole physical and mental aspects of the duathlon, EASIER!, Fotos soon..

Afterwards I went Carp Bow fishing with my dad around Marsh Island. Bowfishing has been a family past time for the last 25 years. Separate post soon.
Here are some images of the event. My father had the opportunity to use his photography skills with the D100.

Before the race. There were not a lot of Duathloners. More fun run types.

Woot, I have been permanently banned from WoW. Check out the penalty volcano, Oh My ohh MY!

My characters are gone. My main account also. 70 Disc Priest.

I think they caught me using glider either on a alt hunter, or tracing mails back to my mage mule on the trial account. For Blizzards disciplinary pyramid see here.

Oh well, was half hoping to get banned also. To rid me of the damn game!

I had even gotten a hand slapped warning a couple months ago:

Account Action: Warning
Offenses: Harassment Policy Violation – Inappropriate
This category includes both clear and masked language which:
* Is a mildly inappropriate reference to human anatomy or bodily functions
* Is otherwise considered objectionable

Details (Note – Times are listed in Greenwich Mean Time, GMT):
2008/02/23 22:43:21 (GMT) – S$%#on@ whispers Player “dude were doing escort asshole”
HAAAAA!
I was so pist at this pally for jamming near the end of RFK i think,.he gets his blue and jams. I told him off.

My bud who started playing same time I did is selling his if you are interested: 600 bux. link here.

This is a heavily played account, account started on the day of WOW launch: Nov 23rd, 2004. All characters are on PVP servers and are eligible to be transferred. All characters have epic ground mounts (most have multiples)Highlights of the account are:

Lvl 70 Draenai shaman – 375bs/375mining, Epic Flyer, good enhancement suit (Dragonmaw, 10/25man epics) and alternate ele(kara epics) and resto (1300healing, kara epics/heroics)suits.
Lvl 70 Night Elf hunter – 375alch/375herb about half the discovery recipes, regular flying mount, kara and heroic/badge epic geared.
Lvl 70 Blood Elf mage – 375tailor/375herb regular flying mount, ~900+dmg, full spellfire and spellstrike suits, kara/pvp epics.
Lvl 70 Undead Warlock – 370tailor, Epic Flyer, ~1000+dmg in pve gear. Full suit of s1 and entry level pvp gear. ~2500 banked arena points and ~30k banked honor for season 4.

Account also has lvl 63 tauren warrior, decked out in pre-expansion teir2 and Naxx tanking gear (lots of fun pre xpac stuff; AQ mount, claw set from ZG that gives the tiger transformation buff, lots more). Lvl 63 dwarf rogue, Lvl 61 gnome warrior.

Account also has a few bank alts owning guilds with 2-3 guild bank slots purchased. TONS of crafting materials, consumables, extra gear etc. on all characters.

If interested please contact me through craigslist email. I can show you the characters in game, or look through the armory profiles. Would consider part/full trade for xbox360 or ps3. I would also be willing to meet in person, I think most people would feel better about a sale for intellectual property when they can MEET IN PERSON!!