4 days out:

Went swimming this morning, saw Chris McCormick and company at the beach. He's a bit taller than i was expecting, and super super dark. Seemed like a nice guy. Swam for 20 minutes so it was short, ran 4 miles after, easy. I think i'm slowly acclimating to the weather, its still hot though, too hot. Kona is all about ironman, they have an official ironman hawaii merchandise store open year round, i even found this sign on the street:

There was a kids splash and dash, lucas can't really swim, but we did it anyway. 50 yard swim and about a 1/4 mile run, he loved it.. Chris McCormack and Chris Lieto both were there swimming and helping a couple little kids.. It was pretty cool to see them there, No germans though.. Here's lucas after his race with his metal, he was pretty happy..

A also checked in and picked up my race material today, #924. Also spent a fortune on Ironman Hawaii gear, i usually stay away from these places, but not for this race, i'm sure i'll spend more over the next few days..

We stayed downtown for the parade of Nations, it was actually pretty cool and pretty fun, glad we saw it. Lucas got a ton of candy, which always makes his day.

Corrina and lucas both have been doing great, i'm amazed at how patient they've both been.. Its been great..