A first-person video transcript of Ben Greenfield registering in-person for the 2011 Ironman World Championship. The video documents identity checks (photo ID, room key, USAT card), form completion (weight, emergency contact, lodging), receipt of a race packet and wristband/bracelet that grants event access, and activation of an ankle timing chip. Ben notes practical tips (never forget your USAT card, keep bracelet on until Sunday) and announces he has been assigned bid number 160 and is registered for the 2011 Ironman World Championship.
Questions this video answers
160
On the right ankle, secured to the timing band with a safety pin.
USAT card
Do not take it off until Sunday.
2011 Ironman World Championship
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Hey, it's Ben here and I'm about to register for Ironman and walk you through everything that I do here. So here we go. Hi. Hey. How's it going? Good. You don't mind if I have the camera on, do you? This is actually my fourth time here.
Excellent.
Yeah, first time recording this on video though.
There you go. Well, I need your picture id.
Okay, I have that. There we go. Picture ID and my room key. You want my room key? No.
How about my USAT card?
That would be the other thing.
There you go.
Never forget the USAT card. Right. Note to everyone watching the video, whenever you show up to register for at least a WTC event, don't forget that card.
This is the moment of truth where you keep your fingers crossed that you're actually registered.
Your name is there.
I am there.
Your card is good.
And my number matches up. Yay. Fantastic. Hooray for me. I can do Iron man now.
Okay. All right. Get my star. Fantastic.
And your race begins through that door.
Okay, thanks. Alright folks, here I go. So next up in through the door. Hello. I did get a star.
Did you photograph the star now?
I did.
Okay, good. Could you tell the Japanese translator in just a couple minutes?
Hello.
Hi, how are you?
Good, good. Oh, thank you.
Head down that way. Okay, thanks.
So I'm heading down here now and we'll see if I'm able to hold the camera and actually do this at the same time. Hi. Have my camera on. Do you mind? Okay. I just wanted to record this process so. All right, let me. My number is. I don't know actually. Was I supposed to get it?
Well, if you don't know it, we.
Can look it up. I don't know it. Greenfield, first name? Ben.
Ben Greenfield.
Yes. Sorry, that's something I actually forgot to do. All right. So I get to fill in all this stuff?
Yeah. We have to make sure that the information is correct.
Uh huh. Yep, that looks good. That's me.
Any changes here?
No changes there. No.
My current weight, my guesstimate, I haven't weighed myself in a while. We're gonna say 175. That's what I feel like today.
That sounds good. And then we're gonna put a contact.
Person for the race day. Okay.
And their phone number and where you're staying. And this is your cell phone number.
Sounds good.
So now I have my check in waiver. I've got my bid number, 160. I'm excited. And now I get to go over here. And what do I do here, give this to you.
Get your packet for you.
Alright, cool. Thank you. So she'll go over there and dig out my packet. And as I'm going through this, of course we have other athletes coming in through the same door I came through, going to the table. And here's my packet full of goodies, right?
Oh, yes.
All right.
The infamous bracelet. Yes.
And you know this is your entrance into everything.
Yes.
So don't take it off until Sunday.
Sounds good. That feels pretty good right there. Pretty good. Yep.
Because once I snap it, I'll try.
Not to drink too much water on race day. There you go.
Once I snap it, you're done.
Okay.
All right. Where's the next spot?
Lady in blue. There we go.
Okay.
Now this is your first time doing Kanna?
Fourth. Fourth.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
This is just stamped on there. And so if you use spray sunscreen, it's going to come off, but it's really just if you want it as a souvenir, that's not an important thing. Just that you need.
That sounds good. So have no fear if my bracelet begins to dissolve.
Exactly.
Okay. All right.
Everything you need to know is on the outside of your packet. Dates and times of places you need to be. This is everything that's inside the packet and where it needs to go.
Okay.
Your timing tip is inside.
Something to read to put me to bed tonight. Right.
There you go.
Exactly. Cool.
Just take this and your packet over there. They'll activate your chip and you'll be good to go.
Okay, thank you.
Have a great race.
Okay, so now I'm going to go over here and I think at this point, I stop and I get some goodies. I get a backpack and it's got some sweet wagonette. Do I get a backpack from you? Maybe. If you are a good person today, if you behave correctly, then you get a backpack. I've done pretty well so far. Okay. So make no guarantees for later. You have to give her your paperwork. Okay. He has to verify your paperwork. All right.
This one? Yeah. No pressure. So who verifies this? Right over here.
Yeah, she can take it.
Okay. There you go.
Am I good? Do I get my backpack?
Okay. All right. There you go. Cool. Thank you, sir. Have a good night. Off I go now, I come to you.
Okay. Thank you. All right. I'm almost done. I almost made it. You don't mind if I have the video camera on, do you?
You're the last ones. You're the ones that count. Okay. Yes, that's me. Looks right. Thank you.
Okay.
All right.
You have a band in there and a chip chip goes on the band like so. Secure it with a safety pin. Race a right ankle.
Okay? So not the forehead or the wrist. Right ankle.
Yes.
Okay, cool. Got it. Thank you.
Everything's in.
All right. Thanks.
And that, folks, is it. I am now registered for the 2011 Ironman 1 World Championship.
