MADE IT...to the race venue that is.

8.5 hour later and we pulled in to the beautiful Lake Las Vegas.  Ok, it was dark BUT the place looks great all lit up.  Of course their are tri-geeks everywhere, looking each other's bikes up and down and giving each other the stink eye.  They all wear t-shirts from previous races, some  talk nervously while others talk like they are gonna win the damn race.  I just minded my own business, walking around in my I Hella (heart) Oakland t-shirt, Social Distortion hat and Vans.

We got checked in, unloaded the gear and decided room service would be awesome which it was:  Whole wheat pasta with portabello and shrimp, greek salad, grilled salmon, warm flat bread and wine...for my girl, I drank water.  Afterwards I did some stretching and rolled out the legs, took a stroll around the hotel and ran into some dude named Dave Scott.  I guess he was kinda big in triathlon at one time ;)  He was really nice, and still fit!  Bastard.

Tomorrow I will be up at 0700 for race packet pick-up and the race meeting.  Gonna check out where all of the transitions are because I have to have all of my bike and run gear turned in by 6 pm tomorrow.  Also going to take a little drive on the course for a small preview.

Earlier today, during the drive...oh, which by the way was still shorter than this race will be :(  This one guy who saw my bike at a rest area asked me how long my race would take.  So here's how I put it into perspective for this family man.  I said "Well sir, you can get up tomorrow around 8 am, have breakfast with the family, then go to church, then go to lunch, go to a matinee then come home and watch the football game, have a snack, BBQ hamburgers for the family, relax and watch 60 Minutes and get ready for work on Monday while the kids get ready for school and I may STILL be out on that course."  His response, albeit it typical..."You are crazy mister."  I shrugged my shoulders and said "Yep, guess so"  Welcome to triathlon

 Good night all.