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It's been a while since I last posted.  Works been busy, life's been busy but I'll be back posting more frequently. 

Just a short little note about Kona.  Last week I went and raced in Kona at the Hawaii 70.3 race and got my Kona slot finishing 24th overall and 3rd in my age group (thanks to 2nd place for having already qualified). 

Just a note even if you finish 5th, 10th or 20th in your age group at a 70.3 or Ironman race and you want to go to Kona or Clearwater for the respective world championships stick around until the very end of the slot roll down.  Why?  You never know what might happen.  One of the athletes I coach raced at Eagleman 70.3 this weekend which had slots for Kona.  He stuck around the roll down and when they determined that in one of the senior age groups no one was claiming the slot it rolled to his age group (by virtue of it being the biggest age group) and no on else from his age group was still around so he got the slot finishing 14th in his Age Group.  Congrats James!!!  The morale here is you never know so stick around.

Finally I'm in my final prep for Ironman Coeur d'Alene in less than two weeks and beginning my slow taper to the race.  Looking forward to going and racing with the pressure off.