We are here!!

We left Salt Lake for Canada on Tuesday and after two days of driving many, many miles, we arrived in Penticton Canada. It is such a beautiful place. There are lakes everywhere...and the lake we are swimming in is just around the corner. I have to say looking at that lake and how far we have to swim is a little overwhelming. It just keeps going, and going, and going... and then there is the bike ride. We drove 75 mile of the bike ride just to get a good look at it and I had a few moments of thinking, "Wait, I thought they said there were only two really big hills". I guess "really big" is relative or perhaps "hill" is relative. Fortunately, we did much of our training climbing some "really big hills" so I am hoping that will be very helpful on race day. And then there is the run. We rode our bikes over the run course today and it is definately not a nice flat marathon course. A few times we were going really fast on our bikes which means we will be going really slow on our feet. There are some pretty steep hills on that course.. just what we need to keep us humble after a 112 mile bike ride and a 2.4 mile swim. I will say this.. the running course is beautiful until mile 21...not good planning. I think we needed beautiful until mile 26.2. I have had so many emotions these last few days, from fear to excitement to anticipation. I am sure I will have many emotions to add to that list when I cross that finish line on Sunday.