Fabulous Florida Friday Fun

We woke up early this morning to the sound of the ocean and headed down with Pammy & Paula to accompany them on their short practice swim. The sea was beautiful & warm even at that time of day. After breakfast & coffee we headed down to transition and while the girls racked their bikes & handed in transition bags, Genevieve & I stood at the entrance to transition & watched bike porn for half an hour. Some great looking weaponry out there. One of the main differences I noticed at this event to the European races that we are used to was ... No Beer Tent. Imagine that!!

Following a look round the Ironman Expo and successfully resisting spending tens of dollars on hugely inflated IM branded gumf we headed back for a coffee (there is a Starbucks on the ground floor of the hotel - dangerous) and back to the beach for a swim and sunbathe.

The alarms are set for the usual 4.00am Ironman day start then we head off down to the start line with our finely tuned athletes at 5.15. Looking forward to being a spectator for a change - I think we will try & hire mopeds to buzz out to the bike course then beach cruiser bikes for the run course. Can't wait!!

Here's Pammy at bike check in with the Shiv ......