Some cool stuff from Ironman Austria

I just wanted to share some great stuff from Ironman Austria. Seriously, I can't recommend this race highly enough and, right from the sign up through to all this stuff now, the whole experience has been utterly fantastic.

First up is the official video which they showed at the presentation party the next day and, I think, does a good job of capturing the awesome atmosphere, festival spirit, insane support and even a little of the heat!

Secondly is this super cool and nifty thing called My Page by Marathon Photos. Basically, click on PLAY and you can follow my race and see the pace I was doing compared to (in this case) the winners, Faris Al Sultan and Lindsey Corbin, and the last finishing athlete. However, if your friends raced, you can actually tag a handful of them and see how you did at each point. 

Better still, at the relevant places on the course, it stops to show you any photographs or videos you appeared in. Nice!

Let's face it, an Ironman is an expensive event to take part in but these little added-value extras help to justify the cost and are also great reminders of fantastic days.