D-3: It's getting real!

So today was another beautiful day in Kailua-Kona. I started off the day with an easy 40min run along Ali'i drive.

After the run, Claudia and I headed back to the house for breakfast. I rode down to the expo shortly before 0900hrs so that I could drop off my bike to Dominque Fortin, Head Argon 18 Mechanic, so he could have a quick check of my bike prior to race day.

Dominque and I at the Argon 18 Tent

And while at the Argon 18 booth who shows up...Crowie (Craig Alexander)!

My parents, Claudia, and the kids met me at the expo.We assembled a couple bikes for local kids (Bikes were sponsored by FLO Cycling) and then did a quick tour of the expo.

Up next was a trip to Greenwell Farms to sample some lovely Kona Coffee and enjoy a Coffee Tour.

Greenwell Farms - Coffee Shop!

After that we headed to Kamakana Playground for a picnic lunch and some play time for the kids.

After enjoying some down time at the park, I dropped Claudia and the kids off at the house and headed back to the expo to pick-up my bike. A little downtime in the afternoon was appreciated and then off to the Triathlon Canada Meet and Greet at Lava Java.

Last event for the day was the annual Slowtwitch gathering at the GU House. And I won a brand new Vision Trimax Carbon SI Aerobars.

John (from Vision) and I with my new aerobars!