I arrived in PC Beach late last night after a 405 mile drive after work. The plan was to go out early in the morning to go out for a swim, but there were red flags all along the beach. I decided not to swim since someone already drowned earlier this week. I went for a walk along the beach instead and encountered a few IMFL participants doing serious running workouts on the beach. Yikes. After a nice breakfast I went with my friends Martin (first time IM participant) and Janelle (IM AZ participant) and their little baby Jill to pick up the race packages. There was a moderatley sized line and one of the first people I bumped into was Bjorn Anderson who had nicely lined up with all the age groupers. He is a supernice guy and after a brief chat I went to the back of the line and waited for my turn. Martin and I played "Guess where this person is from" while we stood in line, and that was amusing, registration itself was pretty uneventful. I also saw ST Pro poster Francois hanging around there, but he was involved in a conversation so I decided to not interrupt. He is a very cool guy though.
In the afternoon after a brief ride on my race bike i relaxed in the condo (Sterling Beach is very new and awesome) and at 5:30pm we headed over to the carbo dinner. I didn't hang out too long there, but I got to meet ST poster Monk (formerly known as Bad Monk) and his girl friend. They both seem to be very nice and I had a great chat with Monk himself. Since both of them are racing too, I am sure that we'll see eachother again throughout the weekend.
I turned in early tonight though because I want to be rested for Saturday. Hopefully I get to swim tomorrow, and hopefully that wind out on the road will calm down a bit by Saturday, otherwise it'll be a long day on the bike for some.
More tomorrow.
Herbert
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