My taper for Ironman Coeur d'Alene has been going well and I got to the race site early this week after staying with friends in Montana for a couple days.  The curry chicken alone my last night there was worth the trip, but I decided to skip the pale ale.  I'll save that for Sunday night.  I'm ready to get going after an epic 30 hours in the truck to get here, but I need to chill out and let my legs rest until Sunday.  After 40+ hours of work and 20-30 hours of training most every week for the last three months, this rest and no work thing is a little hard for me to handle. 

I drove the bike course this morning, and I'll definitely need all my legs can crank out on Sunday.  I heard this course wasn't as difficult as IM WI, but I'm not sure who decided that was the case after seeing all of it.  I think my mountain biking experience, no matter how bad I am at it, is going to help a ton.  There are a lot of twisty, technical sections with a lot quick uphills and downhills on the second half of the course, which works in my favor.  The weather for race day is supposed to be cloudy, in the 50s and scattered showers.  Perfect... just like Sheboygan.  Normal weather here for this time of year is low 80s and a lot of sun.  I don't think I could handle weather that nice anyway. 

It's going to be a great race... 43 hours to go.