Aloha

Whew! I have a little time before getting on the bike this afternoon so it's time for an update. Kona is jammed packed full of crazy triathletes like myself. I couldn't be happier. Soon as I arrived last night at the airport, friends, who had arrived the same day, came and picked me up and we headed back to our pad for some zzzz. Time change actually helped slip into an early routine here: we headed down to the beach where many athletes were out swimming and generally looking super fit. We all swam out about 15min and turned around and came back in. The water's so nice, a little wavy, but clear so you can see all kinds of cool fish. Out of the water I high-tailed it over to registration where I chatted with last year's winner, Normann Stadler. He looked pretty scared to see me. I think it was my calm demeanor that shook him up. Feelin' really relaxed today. After registration, off to the ironman expo to see all of the outrageously priced m-dot logoed merchandise for sale. Yikes. I bought a cup to set on my desk at school. I found my friends again and we headed off to the grocery store (truly the highlight of my day!). Then, after some yum-yums, I took my bike out of my travel case and put her together. Besides my pump hose breaking off while inflating (friends have spare pump), everything's back together nicely. Now, it's off for a 90min ride with some hard efforts mixed in to shake those travel legs into race mode. Looking forward to some down-time tonight and tomorrow. It's been a bit too busy today. Thanks for reading!!! -S :)