Getting Closer

Hi anyone who still reads this. Tac Boy here.

Yes I have been off the blogs for quite some time now due to life. The good news is that we are getting very close to a final funding situation with our start up company. The Bad news (although with God as our ultimate Provider there is a disclaimer here) we are destitute financially. :)

Trimama has been a huge support to me during this difficult period and believes in both my vision for where were going as a tribe and in the God who states that He is Good.

Pray for us in Christ's name!

Kona

Yep I have begun the Kona training. I'm finding that this time around a reliance on my instinct for what training needs to occur is fine. I have had some long rides already (including the Ironman Wisconsin course) and am working on getting my run miles up. The whole Kona thing is both amazing and perplexing right now. On one hand, what a huge privilege to be the only lottery winner from Minnesota to represent. On the other hand, our financial situation is so precarious right now that thinking of trying to get out to Hawaii in October is quite beyond me. But train I must and train I will.

I am not at full liberty to speak yet, but am excited about some opportunities that may present themselves to me regarding raising charity funds for my race in Kona. I will say that Trimama and I desperately want to adopt at this time and this passion will be the focus of our fundraising through Kona and maybe beyond!

If Bigun would ever call me, I might podcast. Let him know that his preoccupation with his start up company is really getting in the way of the Tacboy n' Bigun Podcast!

Thanks for reading,

Tacky

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If Taconite Boy posts in a forest....

Im curious if anyone will notice.

WIBA is on the schedule for Trimama and Tacky along with Alexandria Triathlon in 4 weeks. Who HOO. Spring is kicking full gear in Minnesota and I'm emerging from cave like existence.

I would love to tell you all about my new job (again depending on if you heard the post in the forest) but still am unable to do so while were waiting upon negotiations. Let's just say that I have not painted anything professionally for 6 mos. and am enjoying my new found weak core due to sitting on my a__ so much.

Bigun and I have had talks about podcasting. We even joked that we may do an episode some time.


Talk soon,

Tacky

...is time to kiss TacBoy!

Update time!

Hi one reader!  Tac thought he would update his blog for posterity.  He has enjoyed the months of non-training, beer and watching Trimama refine her smoky hotness as Ironman Arizona approaches.  Bigun and I should be putting the final touches on our latest episode.  I enjoy our guest in this one because out of the three of us he's the only one who actually gets triathlon. :)

Career change.  Yeah.  I really can't go into too much detail at this point.  Only to say that I am temporarily helping a good friend with an invention.  Depending on some market feedback I may find myself with a new profession. I head out to Dallas this week on my first official 'business trip'. Pray that the people we need to connect with don't get turned off by Tac's nose picking.

Talk soon
Tac

Tac's not a Stripper...He's a Professional Stripper.

According to Madison Nightly News Tac Boy is more then just a Stripper...

Posted Sunday, September 7, 2008 --- 1:45pm

I'm sure we've all heard that time is money.

So what keeps Ironman **volunteers** coming back?

As N-B-C 15's Barclay Pollak reports -- it may not be what they get but more so what other people lose.

You could say that Brian Holmes of Minneapolis is a professional stripper.

He says, " We can probably get somebody stripped in about 20-seconds."

For four years Holmes, a small business owner, has helped people take off their wet suits at the first transition in Madison's Ironman competition.

He says he has one of the most popular positions at the race.

Holmes says, " It's a popular position because you get to strip people."

"According to Holmes it's not as easy as it looks taking off peoples clothes. Actually he says there's a very specific technique that he uses."

He says, "The key is to get their zipper down first and then we get their arms off as fast as we can with out our fingernails digging into them too bad. Then we peel off their arms and then we have them sit down and we call it the yank. Two of us on each side of their hip grab them and just rip it."

According to race organizers the competition couldn't happen without Holmes and the other volunteers working as hard as they do.

Ed Koehl the Ironman's Volunteer Organizer says, " You know really there's just a lot of people in the area that want to help make this event work."

You can bet your bottom dollar that Holmes will be back next year helping athletes slip out of their wet suits.

Koehl also says about 25-hundred athletes participated in this years Ironman and about 35-hundred people volunteered.

TacBoy is sure there was video of this whole interview, but he can't seem to find it on the website.  

Congratulations to Tri Thunder Kraut, my training partner, who not only finished IMMoo but beat Tac's time.  Great race buddy!

Tacky

The Blue Period

Episode 13 is up! We called it the Picasso episode because we are feeling a bit blue.

I think we still managed a fairly good show(I hope).

Enjoy.

Tacky

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