After signing off yesterday I got through mostly what I was hoping for:  Found target for race essentials Found the Dixie Center and got checked in, stamped, picked up my bike and got the racing wheels put on Bought some “official” IMST gear, which sounds strange, but will motivate me during the race b/c I’m way to proud to wear something that I didn’t “earn” Found a local pizzeria, where the waitress was all too happy to tell me that […]

“Welcome to St. George, Utah……the temperature is 75 degrees and the sky is clear…..special welcome to athletes who are participating in the Ford Ironman on Saturday……remember to hydrate.”  and those were the parting words of the flight attendant as we stepped out of the little plane that jumped us from Salt Lake where there were snow capped peaks to St. George, which looks more like the setting for a Wile E. Coyote cartoon than a place where people should be […]

Today was my last day of work before heading out.  It was a busy day……so busy in fact that I could only squeeze in a powerbar and a bag of pretzels until I got home at dinner time……not exactly the carbo-load of choice, but that doesn’t officially begin until tomorrow anyway so we’ll just strike it up as a “lean” eating day…..yeah, that’s what we’ll call it….around 430P I got my reminder email from the airline “it’s time to check in”. […]