It's official folks, I am now checked in as an athlete for Sunday's race. Today was the first day athletes could "check in" and visit the Ironman expo in downtown Louisville. Picked up a few functional items I need for race day and few souvenirs with the "M Dot" symbol / official Ironman Louisville shwag. Looking forward to tomorrows pre-race meal celebration; at Ironman events, these things are huge! Today was a hot one, it got up to 32 degrees and felt like 36... felt warm during the bike and run workouts I did today but nothing too bad - I think I'm pretty darn closed to being acclimatized. In other news, the race wheels I'll be using came in today and will be going on the bike tomorrow - race wheels are pretty aerodynamic and significantly decrease drag... anything to get me to go faster!! That's it for today - hope you're all doing great wherever this message may find you! Cheers, Graham |