So, while we were in class today we somehow diverged onto the topic of French military history (don’t ask how) and one of the guys quoted something from a site that he had seen that amounted to “France’s armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman” ... LOL ... I don’t think that my bride will find it very amusing, but if you want a funny read:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljokefrenchmilitaryhistory.htm
Our prep for the 70.3 world championships on Saturday is going well so far. We are in a hotel that is walking distance from the start line, we checked in and got our race packages today and took a walk through the expo.
Yesterday I marked up a map with the directions to ride the race course ahead of time so that we would know what to expect for turns, hills (not many at all) and condition of the roads. Brian kept on joking that he thought that we must be on the wrong roads since we didn’t see a single other bike out on the course! After speaking with one of the other guys that has done the course in the past, he said that nobody dares ride the course before the race since a lot of the course goes along major freeways with lots of traffic... There were a couple of spots where we had to cross 2-3 lanes of traffic, but I have ridden in way worse traffic than that!
We went for a swim on the first day that we were here that worried us both a little. There were waves swelling up over 3 feet at times where I felt a little like a surf board sometimes shooting up the front side of a wave and then crashing down on the other side. Brian and I are both hoping that the waves are nothing like that on race day because we both drank a lot of ocean water and we weren’t moving very fast at all... The last couple of days have been quite calm and nice.
