News from Florida

Our 3 Half Ironman Worlds Qualifiers - Michelle Fjetland, Kathy Morrisson, and Karen Nolting, are settled in at Clearwater, Florida. They've taken on some ocean swims, restaurants, etc.

This from Kathy yesterday:

Michelle, Karen and I went out and tried out the ocean. The flag had changed from green (meaning mellow waves) to yellow (meaning medium waves)... but being true tuff RTBers trained by the best swim coaches triathlon has to offer - we went for it. And we survived. It was hard to get any timing down on the way out with the swells. You would get going and hit a wave, then a dip and feel like you are swimming in the air, then get hit again. Going across was bouncy and then coming in was piece of cake. We spent about 25 minutes in the water and feel like we had a successful swim. Tomorrow we will go to a swim clinic and spin out our legs on the bikes....

This evening we watched the dolphins from our room and the sunset. Then off to dinner with Uncle Al.

We'll report more news and pics as we get them!