On a lighter note, here's the Kona shopping list from last year, stolen from their media guide.
Food & Drink
140,000 pounds of ice
100,000 gallons of fluid replacement, cola, water and soup
21,000 packets of PowerGel
7,500 energy bars
24,000 cookies
7,000 bananas
5,000 oranges
3,500 bread rolls
Communications
300 cellular phones
50 land line phones
30 pagers
9 Fax machines
Vehicles
54 motorcycles
50 surfboards
28 vans
25 patrol boats and kayaks
25 cars
12 trucks
4 buses
2 outrigger canoes
Promotion
10,000 race programs
10,000 posters
300 badges
160 trophies
Television
9 portable cameras
8 drivers
5 motorcycle cameras
1 camera-equipped helicopter
2 cranes
1 jib
Misc Supplies
250,000 paper cups
50,000 sponges
53,000 bike bottles
15,000’ mesh fencing
8,400 safety pins
10,000 gear bags
3,500 tables & chairs
3,500 towels
4,000 wrist bands
2,300’ metal barricades
1,700 trash cans
1,800 swim caps
1,800 run numbers
1,800 bike numbers
889 jars of petroleum jelly
600 bottles of sunscreen
300 bike racks
300 massage tables
125 coolers
200 cots
100 luas
200 ice chests
55 tents
40 tiki torches
25 computers
18 bleachers
12 printers
