Thursday in Kona

It's 2 days until the World Championship and Cheryl Iseberg and I have finally made our way here. there are a nice sampling of RTBers here. Cheryl Iseberg and I had dinner with teammates Craig Pitt and Sarah Stocks. Craig did IM Coeur d'Alene this year and a bunch of other races. Fun talking shop with them. They'll be volunteering as 'catchers' at the finish line.

Rachel Chiavaras is here SOMEWHERE, but we've yet to track her down. she's volunteering somewhere too...

Matt Hoover is here, of course, representing RTB. GO MATT!! He

swam the course today, went to the athlete meeting tonight, and is looking forward to race day.

Very fun to run into Desiree Ficker at the village. Desiree took 2nd

overall in the Ironman a few years ago and is CUTE. Cheryl and I are hard at work trying to make a connection between Desiree and RTB's Phil Spencer. Emails have been exchanged - here's hoping!!