Hello from the Rock!

They say, alls well that ends well and I guess you can say that's true for us. Air Canada set us up in Halifax for the night, bought us dinner and breakfast the next morning and sent us off to Deer Lake. We arrived, safe and sound with our bikes, just after 9:30 AM NF time. They even gave us each a $100 voucher.

Friends of ours graciously extended an invite to stay with them in their home in Corner Brook for the week-end which is just about 20 minutes away from race site. A quick call to them to let them know we were on the rock, and were headed to Pasedena to check-in, build the bikes, and take a test ride.

We received a great welcome from the admin folks behind Newfoundland 70.3. Their organization was superb, and with each of us receiving a loaf of bread at check-in, we're thinking this is a pretty good bang for your registration fee buck! We even have our own personal membership card for the Newfoundland Triathlon Club. Pretty special!

So, we've tested our bikes; we have a few things we'll need to take care of tomorrow, but nothing major. We bumped into a few friends, Tina and Ron as they went through their own check-in\registration rituals. Saw a couple pros: Craig Alexander, Mirinda Carfrae (who had apparently lost all her stuff .... it does happen to the pros too!) and Ottawa's own Cynthia Wilson. Pretty cool.

Now we're settled in at John and Darlene's and have been promised a special Newfoundland meal of BBQ Fresh Cod and mash potatoes. We're still looking for chips, dressing and gravy...maybe we'll come across that tomorrow as our post-race recovery meal.

We'll post again after the race!!

Heather & Brian