Cali 70.3
I arrived at LAX on Tuesday. I had a quick visit with my sister-in-law and one of my advisors for residency and my future sports medicine career. On Wednesday I then drove down to San Diego where I am staying at a friends house in beautiful Solana Beach. Team sports shipped my new Orbea bike here and I spent a good chuck on the afternoon building it up and took it for a shake down ride on the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). All I have to say is that it is awesome!! Yesterday, got in a great swim (I love swimming in outdoor pools!) and then headed to Road Runner Sports to help with a training session to teach them about all the great Timex products they sell and provide tech support. We mainly focused on the Ironman 50 lap sleek with Tap technology as well as the line of awesome heart rate monitors. We even gave them a sneak preview of the Timex Global Trainer, the all-in-one GPS unit that will be coming out in the fall.
Get excited. However, most importantly I am lying low today, grazing on PowerBars and getting ready to race Ironman California 70.3 tomorrow! 
This will be the 4th year I have raced here and will be my first race since being side lined with an injury back in May of 2009. It has been 10 months since my last race…FAR TOO LONG! I’m going to go out there and just have fun! It is always a very competitive race and a huge and talented field always shows up, so I have no expectations…obviously I want to race well, but there is bound to be some rust to shake off. After my race I am headed back up to LA to hang out with my sister-in-law for a few more days and then back home to North Cackalacky.
