Saturday, March 30, 2013

Kona Inspired 3/30/2013

Last night our family routine started to get back to normal in our household since the beginning of the Kona Inspired and Shawn's visit to "YaYa's House".  Normally Shawn and I will get ready for bed and watch the Qubo channel's various kid shows for about 30 minutes before we go to his room to tuck him in, sing "Beautiful Boy," and lights out.  During the middle of the the routine, I passed out while watching the show with my son.  I guess I did not realize this is exhausted I was.  I am sorry that I did not get the chance to update you on yesterday's results.  Apparently, this "Kona Inspired" contest is taking everything I have, but I have no regrets.  It is worth it!

Here are the results:

1 Kona hopeful F16 pilot 5018
2 Boudousa Brain 4369
3 Fireman Brian's Mission 2908
4 Shawn's Ironman 2702
5 Green Dot (Henry Tolstedt) 2075
6 Suck It Cancer 1891
7 The Quadfather (Nick Tieney) 1092
8 Eric Yollick (Team Yollick) 603
9 Isabella' Legacy 560
10 Happy Birthday Ironman 446
11 Operation Brain Tumor (Ted Pepenhagen II) 339
12 The Opportunity 288
13 I am ... "Anything is possible" (Milan Dubravka) 267
14 Spirit of Hawaii (Anja Kraft) 258
15 Crash To Kona (TychoRiis Weiche) 241
16 A race for the women in my life 235
17 Iron driven lifestyle 223
18 From the Bathroom to Kona 214
19 my biggest dream (Christian Schon) 203
20 Kona for the Kids 202
21 Dean Kashlan Mantra (Dean Kashlan) 182
22 Dad's Great Day 132
23 Dr. Martin Jay Hernandez Motivational Specialist 125
24 IRONMAN-BAWDO 74


Keep in mind that these results are for views only and that may not truly reflect the ranking since the decision is bases on VOTES. However, the vote count is not shown and the view count does not calculate views from mobile devices.  There could be a large margin of error in this case and we just have to work with what we can see.

Most of my focus has been on getting the word out about the Shawn's Ironman video has been through Facebook, Twitter, and this blog.  Sometimes that message gets lost in peoples news so we try to try to come up with ideas on how to better reach you social media fans.  Yesterday we started an online event invitation that helped triple our daily view count.  To All of you that accepted that invitation to the event and have invited others to the event, THANK YOU!

If I get the opportunity to compete in Kona, it will not be because I got there, it will be because you got me there.  This journey is yours and the success of the journey depends on a community's ability to move together.  Just like the Ironman triathlon, we have to take this one day at a time.  Consider this preliminary voting time as a training period before the real race.  If you skip a day your ultimate performance in the real event, so remember: One Vote, One Share, One Day at a time!

Lastly, some of you may have seen our motivational poster or "motes" for short.  They are pictures that have a information caption on them.  Some may be funny and others have a more serious nature.  We put those out hoping that some of them will go "viral" to help get the vote count up.  If you see any you like, I encourage you to hit the share button or RT so it will placed on all of your friends news feeds.  Just remember to add the website www.sendshawnsironmantokona.com to your comment so they can click the link to directly vote.  If you have an idea for a mote, please post it on the Shawn's Ironman Facebook page.  If we use it, you will be the proud owner of a Shawn's Anomaly: iDO! Awareness Bracelet.  Here is our current contribution:


Thanks again for all your support! Keep up the great work!