Race Check In

Now I am trying to stay positive and not complain as much. My wife has a great idea to only surround herself with positive people, so I have really been trying hard to be positive and not complain so please forgive me on this post. Check in was a long, long wait.

I got to check in and could not believe the line. So I decided to go buy some race memorabilia figuring the line would go down. Race check in is usually in the same place as the race expo so I didn't have to walk more than 20 yards to the expo area. I met back up with the Coopers again and the line was still over an hour wait. So we walked over to a couple of tents set up selling race gear across the street. I was able to find some arm warmers and a 1/2 price tri suit to replace the one I left at home. When we finished there, Neil and Nancy went back to their condo and I again headed to race check in.

Well it was about 11am and now the line was even longer. So I just waited, and waited and waited some more. I finally made it to check in at 12:20pm. Check is much different than most races. Once you check in you had to be weighed and then you actually had to sit down while a volunteer described how to get your bags set up. There are actually (5) different bags that are going to be used. There is one bag for to put our morning cloths in, one bag each for the swim to bike transition and the bike to run transition and one each for the bike and run special needs
bags.




One of the interesting things I saw while waiting in line was the area set up for family and friends to make signs. They will be putting up over 1000 signs on the race course made by the family and friends. So there were all these kids coloring and making signs for their mom or dad. We have the mandatory dinner and race briefing tonight.