Today was another hot one, almost 40 degrees in the heat.  From a training standpoint, today is my day to do nothing.. a rest day if you will.  This is good as I had to get my bike into the tech's to get my wheels switched over; I rented race one's that have a bit of a deeper dish to them / are more aerodynamic.

Aside from visiting the Ironman expo again, I'm a bit nervous about my gel's situation - the only gel's I've been able to find down here are "Powerbar" gels and quite frankly, I don't like 'em... too sweet and way too thick.  I am on the search around Louisville for the "Gu" gels that I've trained with / raced with in the past.

Today we visited the "Conrad-Caldwell house" which is a HUGE old mansion in the St. James court area of Louisville - very historic area and wouldn't ya know it, across the street from Louisville's Central Park - designed by the same guy who designed Central Park in New York... no, Louisville's central park is not nearly as big.  This house cost ~$35,000.00 to build back in the late 1800's and featured water, gas, and electricity for heating as well as lighting - way ahead of it's time.  Oh, one other interesting point is that the original owner, Theophilus Conrad is the one responsible for the fleur-de-lis being Louisville's city symbol.  Another interesting point is that although Louisville is a french name, nobody down here pronounces it with the french "ring" to it... they call it "Low-ville".

Aside from getting my bike fixed, checking out some more sites, this was the evening for the athletes banquet... in short, the banquet was huge and very well put on!

That's it for now; cheers!

- Graham -