Ironman Austria and ESPN

All I can say is I have had a truly amazing experience here at Ironman Austria. I had my best finishing time of 12 hours 32 minutes but in the big picture of things who cares it is more about what we going on behind the scenes. As you may or may not know ESPN came here to film me doing this event as they are putting together what I promise will be a truly remarkable feature for Sportscenter. This will air sometime in late August and I will have a date soon for everyone. The footage ESPN shot of the Ironman was awesome including coverage of the swim which they had a boat in the water for and that is something I have never had done before. Jose, Joe and Greg truly are top professionals and were with me throughout the day. After seeing the work they had to do I was thankful I only had to do the Ironman.

Yesterday the day after the race, we had to do 6 more hours of additional filming and needless to say I was a bit tired so riding and running again was a little rough but what else do you need to be inspired by than to have ESPN filming for what will eventually save lives. The country side is absolutely beautfiul here and I was in awe of the many places we filmed at. I have had the honor and distinct pleasure of traveling around the world promoting Racing for Recovery and have seen many beautiful places and Austria is right up there at the top. Wait until you all see this story air on ESPN it is going to blow you away. They said it is some of the best footage they have shot. Next up is ESPN will come to Sylvania and shoot all things Racing for Recovery including the people who have benefitted from our worthy program.

This amazing program is about to burst and I am so humbled and privelage to be a part of it. I know God gave me that addiction and blessed me with my sobriety to start Racing for Recovery and with the help of so many people we have and will continue to make an impact on lives. That is a statement I am proud to say .

I want to thank my friend, pastor and Racing for Recovery spiritual director Darrel Cousino for coming with me on this trip. Also to the amazing people I met while here including Tiger, David, Charlie, Sabina and Claudia for their friendship and kind generosity. I also want to thank my beautiful wife and amazing kids along with my parents and grandmother for their endless support of what I do. I could not do this without you all and again I thank you and love you all from the bottom of my heart.

Time to finish packing and then as Motley Crue sings " Home Sweet Home" for me.

Peace

TC