After 17+ hours of driving, we finally made it into New Orleans really early Thursday morning. We made excellent stops along the way, highlighted by Chubby's BBQ in Hayti, Missouri. Sweet & I split a ginourmous helping of BBQ, split across three plates.
Today (Friday) was the highlight of the trip thus far. I got to videotape Stu interviewing some of the best triathletes on the professional Ironman Circuit:
(L-R) Heather Gollnick, Chris McDonald, Linsey Corbin, and Desiree Ficker.
All were awesome as we ogled at their awesomeness and were more welcoming and patient with all of our photo ops. True class acts.
I'm number 302 for Sunday's race. I start at 7:12 AM in the fourth wave. There's more than 3500 registered, so it'll be a crowded course. Glad I'm out in front. You might be able to track me on Ironmanlive.com.
One last day to make final preparations and then race day! I hope to update more then.