Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon (Page 14)

It looks like I will be there earlier on Friday than planned, and probably without my family. My wife sent her passport off to get a visa for another trip, and it has not been returned yet, so she won't be able to cross the border. Is this still the schedule:

Swim at Jean Clock Park - 10:00 - 11:00
Drive the bike course - 11:30 - 1:00
Meet at Expo - 2:00
Dinner at ________ - 6:00 (is 7 or 8:00 better?)

Also is that dinner at the expo or dinner in town?

Ok, I knew that the Steelhead pasta dinner was at the College, I just wanted to make sure that the BT crowd was not planning on eating somewhere else.

Freshjive and I just made plans to be at the expo at 2:00 for packet pickup and the 2:00 course talk, and then we will head over to the race site. We will be on the lookout for BTers at the expo around 2:00.

Not sure when I'll be rolling in yet, I'll try and make that swim with you at 10...if not I'll be there for the 2 o clock meet up for sure.

The last 3 years we ate at the Pump House Grille the night before the race, 214 State Street St. Joseph, 269-083-0001. The food was pretty good and it is a large restaurant that seemed to cater to groups. There was a large birthday party there one year, which I remember because our kids scored some birthday cake. It's in a nice neighborhood with some other restaurants just behind the Silver Beach Hotel. This is just across the bridge as you drive the 2 miles from the race site into St. Jo. Some of the locals may have better suggestions. I'm also fine with the expo. Perhaps meeting in town for food and beer would work better on Saturday evening for those of us who are still mobile.

I like to use baby shampoo in my goggles, so that is probably it.

I would like to know who Sammy is and why you have his towel?

Cleaning and preventing fogging. I used to dive but toothpaste is a new one for me.

A Sharpie is a very good idea. Your body marking is pretty smudgy by Saturday. And if you have time to kill in transition you can offer to use it on some attractive triathletes. I always thought that body marking would be the ideal volunteer job at a tri. That or applying sunscreen.

I think I'm getting giddy, better get back to packing.

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Did anyone else check out the run course yet?  I biked it and kinda wished I had my mountain bike on it.  It's all paved but the pavement is in REALLY bad condition in the Whirlpool campus.  I hope the bike course is smoother.