Congrats man, better start doing more hill work

Awesome! (And congrats on the honeymoon thing too).

Yep, work on hills, stairs, and maybe a bit of running in deep sand (there's a good strech of beach about 3.5 miles in).

Once you get through the initial shock, the swim is actually the easiest part. I would also highly recommend hitting Aquatic Park a few days before the race to test out the water temperature.

My wife & I did the race last year. PM me if you want any gory details.

A bit more hills, yes! Mondays, too. Good stuff! But this bumps FL 70.3 as my A race. I dont think I am destined to do a half ever in my life, stuff keeps happening every time I try.

Hotel is booked! Got the rooms at Yosemite booked, too. My ass feels like it just got reamed. Even the plastic on the credit card feels lighter.

Congrats on getting in to the race. I'm jealous.

Congrats! Mike has done that one... here are the 2 biggest things he said to share:

1. There will be people who tell you what direction to swim. Listen to them. They swim it all the time and know the currents. You will be seeming to aim somewhere weird, but otherwise you overshoot the finish area and it's impossible to swim back up against the current.
2. Be alert on the bike and run. The bike will be very crowded and has some tight corners so be ready for that. The run has some single track, and there are people going both ways -- like pros heading downhill at a 5min pace. So be aware there, too.

He figures you'll already know about the sand ladder on the run, etc. I'm sure I'll talk to you before the race, so just let me know if you have other questions to pass on :)

Hot Damn! I guess I'll be seeing you out actually tri training soon ;) That's awesome Triguy!