Wow, what a list! Good luck to everyone, especially you first timers. (SHARI, you are going to rock!!!)

clm

Jonathan C. Puskas
Ken Cottrell #961
Joel Jones aka Oreo [I'm the devil for a day, #666]
vogel #1646
John Atkinson #187
sarahmac #1753
Dave Hinds #301
Kerri “Squirrel” Behrens #1693
Shari Russell #1779
irongeek #1754. I'll be my alter-ego that day though, Maria del Fuego
Mike in Wichita #1309
Colin #440
Tom Ziebart, Gatorade morning swims and race announcer
#219 Mike Byrd
#950 - Mike Clark
Greg Ostrin #133
Gary Mc #1068
IronOtter Jonathan (not racing—are you still going?)
Fishman

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Watch out for the Californian's that have RENTAL CARS!!!! WOOHOO!!

P.S.- FYI-you can't really drive that fast in LA as the traffic is awful!

Wim De Doncker, nr 18

indeed, I WENT SWIMMING YESTERDAY IN THE LAKE AND IT WAS A BIT CHILLY

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Patrick Schmidt #791, and first timer. Look for the red Kestrel Talon.

And my chances of finishing just greatly increased, crawling IS allowed on the run according to the athlete guide. Uuummmm, crawling.

Looks like it is heating up this week....but a cool front coming in by Saturday....if these predictions hold.

http://www.wunderground.com/...D/Coeur_d'Alene.html

OK, I didn't get to the lake today (6/22) until 1000. I measured the temp at 64.9 degrees! Take that with a grain of salt. . .it's been good and hot the past coupla days, but still. Air temp was 80.4 degrees.

I'll try to get out there earlier tomorrow.

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Thanks, Cathy!

Feeling good... feeling strong... ready to rock-n-roll!

:)
Shari

Charlee, how come your info isn't in your profile?

How am I supposed to check out your website?

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"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

Be careful, You might not be able to handle Charlee's website!!

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Been too busy training to keep my site updated ... I'll work on it AFTER the race.

C-Ya in CdA!
:)

Went out in the lake today - took my kids out skiing - they thought the water was fine - I jumped in and got right out - felt cold to me - I'll swim tomorrow with a wetsuit - I think it will be just fine - air temp today was mid 80's with lots of sun shine. IMNA put up the bike racks today along with expo tents. It is starting to look like an Ironman! Roch and Paul were out marking the course - mile marks are down on the pavement for both the bike and run. Lots of traffic signs warning locals about the race on Sunday. See you all at the Gatorade morning swims! Z

Shari, good luck at CDA -- by the way did you go to Keauhou? Thought I saw you at the Kona airport but it may have been your identical twin or just another good looking hard body!

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Thanks for the good wishes, Marty...
Wasn't at Keahou - but I'll see you in Kona come October!
:)

OK, I figure everyone who's doing CDA Sunday is already here, so unless there are any objections, this is the last update on water temp.

Measured today (6/23) at 0930. Water temp 65.7, air temp 80. Swimmers reported pockets of cooler water, but that's to be expected. The lake is shaping up better than I expected- should be great conditions for the swim.

If Mr. Tibbs ever moves to an IM host town, he's sure to be arrested for public indecency. There are a LOT of nice bikes rolling around town right now. I was so mesmerized by all the prettiness I actually sat through a green light as I was leaving downtown this morning.

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already there - i wish. i'm not rolling in until friday. but i'm okay without the water temp updates. best of luck to everyone.

thank you for the water temp. updates. We are coming from Florida, and glad to hear a report of temperatures in the 60's!!!! Please warm it up a bit more for us.

how deep is the lake? i'm surprised it is warming up so quickly over the past few days.

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how deep is the lake? i'm surprised it is warming up so quickly over the past few days.

Me, too. I didn't expect it to warm up much at all from last week.

The lake is about 180 feet deep at its deepest.

Don't know how to explain the fast increase in temp. I'd blame it on the cheap thermometer I bought, but the swimmers I talked to today indicated that it was about right.

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Thanks so much for the reports! Glad it's warming up. See you on the course. :)

A group of us swam today and the water felt great! Actually a few brave people even wore sleeveless wetsuits. The lake is much warmer than even 1 week ago.

The change in the swim course is also much better! Hopefully this year athletes won't clobber each each on the first turn.

Good luck to everyone! The weather forecast looks just right!!!!

Go Team Blaze Spokane!

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Enjoy the journey!

Vitus979, that is awesome. Was driving the course yesterday evening, coming up what was probably the steepest section of the course and there was the TSR sign - that will be inspirational on race day.

John