Course and area pics.

How was your friday? mine was great, obviously,update below that.

friday is wrapping up here in coeur d' alene idaho. I woke up early and went for a swim in the lake we will be swimming in saturday.

it is very cold. like make your face sting, take your breathe away and make your toes cramp cold. The wetsuit was great after i warmed up some but my face and head never really got better. it will be a long hour swim. also the water was very choppy this morning. worse than some oceans i've swam in. the swim will head straight out into the current, left turn, then other left turn, and head back with the current. get out, run on the beach for about 100m then complete second lap. it will be good to get out of the water for a second and hopefully grab something to drink. i don't know if they'll have an aid station on the run, i would assume not, but i can still hope. The bike course goes all over idaho, i don't even know how to describe it, so here it is..

The run follows along the lake, as does some of the bike. we drove it today while out touring the area, it has a really good long hill. i would say at least half a mile long, realistically closer to one mile. so that will be fun. the run is a two loop out and back, just like louisville was. it will be great for pacing but mentally difficult. its a long way to run 6 miles in a straight line. it'll have to do. the area is still somewhat of a mystery. the crews started putting it together today so tomorrow i'll have a better idea of what is going on. Hope everyone is doing well. Waking up to 60 degrees with the sun rising at 5am can't really be beat. nor can a high of 75 degrees and not having to use a/c in the car, even on a 2 hour drive.  here is an idea of the area i'm in for the next 6 days, it looks over the lake we are on and swimming in...