Wednesday of Race Week. It gets serious from here. There remains the Type AAAs out on the Queen K or on Alii Dr. uncorking blistering runs, but for the most part it is time to put the taper plan into play. The work is done, no one is going to get ant fitter or faster in the next three days. It is truly a matter of managing your emotions and trusting your training plan and its potential.
That potential will manifest starting Saturday at 0700 and reveal itself over the long, hot, windy, demanding, cruel, and magnificently glorious day we call Ironman.
Bring it.
A couple of shots from the parade and expo open last night. Two of my favorite all time favorite triathletes, Silva and France Cokan. France is 78 and back for another shot at the AG record. He missed the swim cut by less than two minutes last year and hopes to settle that score Saturday.
Louis Alverez has done 10 IMs this year for a total of 69 in his storied career. That is NOT a typo folks, sixty-nine Ironmans. Hopefully Louis is going to stop by the booth today and do a little promo with us on the Mexico Cruise. He lives and works in Mexico City and has some great stories to tell about training there.
Kurt gives a demo of the new Racer Mate One software as the IM Canada RCV place in the background. A couple of Canadians stopped by and did a running commentary to the stretch along Skaha Lake. I can't wait to get back and give THAT one another go.
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