Final Prep - Only 2 days to Hawaii!

I am in the final preparation stages for the triathlon. I leave on Thursday (yes, the day after tomorrow!) and the race is on Sunday! For me, the final preparation consists of choosing which sundresses and sandals to pack, buying sunscreen, and mapping out Kona shopping. Let's face it, the bike is packed and shipped and I'm not going to improve on my swim or run, so I might as well enjoy it. Here's how the Lavaman experience will happen:

Thursday 3/26 - Fly to Kona, Hawaii. Get settled into hotel. Meet Team in lobby to run to the swim course at "A Bay". Run 1.5 miles (the last part of the run course) to the bay and swim with the sea turtles. After dinner, the Team takes over one of the hotel ballrooms to unpack and reassemble our bikes. Enjoy drink with paper umbrella and slice of fruit.

Friday 3/27 - Ride the newly assembles bikes back to "A Bay" where we will preview the transition area, then swim the swim course, then ride 12 miles of the bike course. After that we'll return to the transition area and ride our bikes over the first 4 miles of the run course. Then, we return to the hotel to store the bikes and run 2 miles of the run course. Then, I'll enjoy several drinks with paper umbrellas!

Saturday 3/28 - We choose which course to work on - swim, bike or run. Then we pick-up all of race info and officially check in for the race. That evening there is a team meeting and dinner.

Sunday 3/29 - It's race day! I'll be up by 4:30 am (if I sleep at all). Eat breakfast and ride with the team to get the transition area set up by 5:30 am. The race officially starts at 7:30am. I hope to be done by 12:30pm and enjoying a post race cocktail by 12:31.

I'll be blogging from Hawaii - hopefully with photos. Thanks for all of your support for the past 6 months! I couldn't have made it this far without you!