Today I did an 18 mile bike on the ironman course. Me and a group of friends rode out River rd and back. It was a very easy pace going out but we did hit it coming back home. The bike felt good...I felt good!

I then drug the whole family down to the expo for athlete check in, only to find out that they can only go so far. So I continued solo and got weight, signed waivers and received my race packet. On a side note I ran into a guy, Mark R., that I haven't seen since 1986 when were in the Army together. It's a small world.

After getting all checked in we loaded up my dad's truck and went for a little drive.
An 80 mile drive to be exact. That's all of the bike course you need to drive since 32 miles is repeated twice. I'll tell you I don't remember the hills being this tall when I was here riding a few weeks ago. Not to worry though because my legs are rested and ready to go.

Tonight I'm going to the Age group athlete meeting. This is were we'll get the rules about drafting, littering, etc told to us again. Then it's early to bed.

Have a great day!