Well we are just under 5 days out from our race. All of the training is done. We are just tapering our training this week. We swam our last long open water swim yesterday in Long Beach. We did a one hour spin class this morning and I tested out my Achilles for the first time in two weeks on the treadmill with a one mile run. For those of you who didn't know I had an unfortunate reoccurrence of an injury (small Achilles tear). I hurt it two years ago while training for my first IM, which I could not overcome in time to compete. The tear doesn’t seem to be as bad this time. I have been seeing a doctor twice a week for a laser treatment which seems to really be helping. Tomorrow morning we have a 30 minute run which will really test it out.We put our bikes and gear on a truck on July 7th and they should 
have arrived in Lake Placid already....we hope. Dave and family leave tomorrow night on the red eye out of LAX into Albany, NY and I head out tomorrow night from Long Beach into Burlington, VT. We have rented a house about 2 miles from the race start. Our on site race support crew includes Dave’s wife and daughter, my wife, mom, dad and step-mom as well as Christina's brother and close family friend, Brent.
have arrived in Lake Placid already....we hope. Dave and family leave tomorrow night on the red eye out of LAX into Albany, NY and I head out tomorrow night from Long Beach into Burlington, VT. We have rented a house about 2 miles from the race start. Our on site race support crew includes Dave’s wife and daughter, my wife, mom, dad and step-mom as well as Christina's brother and close family friend, Brent.I arrive in Burlington on Thursday morning around 11am and will drive over to Lake Placid to meet Dave and crew to check into the race. Race check in, along with Ironman Village (a place 
where all of the vendors are setup) is located in the Olympic Oval. Check in is always fun...you show up at the table in a big white tent where they look for your name on the list. You then hold your breath hoping it is there. You then receive a bracelet which gets you into the transition area and Friday night’s pasta party. You then proceed to the scale to have your weight taken by the medical staff. From there you receive your race number, goodie bag and finally your timing chip.
where all of the vendors are setup) is located in the Olympic Oval. Check in is always fun...you show up at the table in a big white tent where they look for your name on the list. You then hold your breath hoping it is there. You then receive a bracelet which gets you into the transition area and Friday night’s pasta party. You then proceed to the scale to have your weight taken by the medical staff. From there you receive your race number, goodie bag and finally your timing chip. Our plan is to drive the bike course on Thursday after check in to get a lay of the land. After that we will go back to the house and put our feet up for the rest of the day.
On Friday we will head down for the Gatorade swim in Mirror Lake. Rumor has it that you can’t hold the swim in Lake Placid due to the alligator incident that you may remember from the movies. After the swim we will take our bikes out for a short ride to make sure everything is working. We will follow this up with a short run.
That afternoon, we will be interviewed by Mike Reilly, official voice of Ironman, about our Adopt an Athlete program we conducted at Villa Fundamental Intermediate School in Ms Kato's health and fitness class. We took a very unique approach to the program and Ironman wants to celebrate our accomplishment via a live broadcast on their online network from Lake Placid. Look for us on the Ironman website. Friday night is also the Ironman Lake Placid 10th anniversary welcome dinner for the athletes and their families followed by the mandatory athletes meeting.On Saturday we will do another morning swim and delivery our bikes and race gear to the transition area. When you check into the race you receive 5 bags labelled Swim to Bike, Bike Special Needs, Bike to Run, Run Special Needs, and Post Race. Each bag contains the items you need for the various legs of the race. The special needs bags contain items you may need to replenish on the course.
For those of you that want to check out some of the race coverage or track our progress you can go to http://ironman.com/ironmanlive or http://www.ironmanusa.com/.
We will be posting updates throughout the trip on the site so check back for updates.
For a reminder of why we are out here raising money checkout our Motivation Montage and this latest video of Taylor Warren.
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