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October 16,
2003:
Today is eating day! I always eat a ton of
food on Thursday and Friday morning before
race day.
I finally got to lounge around the condo
today. I swam early this morning for 30
minutes then I was able to hang around the
condo until 1 PM. Pro-meeting was at 1 PM
followed by the press conference. I have
never been a big fan of pre-race press
conferences; but, it is important for the
media.
There are a few guys that have never finished
this race who are saying that they are going
to destroy on race day. Poor suckers! They
have no clue. I am quite upset that Tim is
being overshadowed by guys like Chris
MaCormick who didn’t even make it to the Queen
K highway last year during the marathon. For
the past 3 years Tim has the best record in
Kona and is probably the hardest guy to beat
on this course. Why have people forgotten
about him? Anyway, everything will be sorted
out on race day. I use that kind of stuff to
fuel me on race day.
In 2000, Dave Scott
mentioned to the press that only runners win
Ironman and predicted a top five that didn’t
include me. I was quite upset. When I hit
the marathon that year I thought of Dave’s
comments and went for it. Plus, Dave was
doing some media on the course and I would see
him every 4 to 5 miles. Each time I saw him I
picked up the pace. I ended up having the
fastest or one of the fastest run splits on
that day. Thanks Dave for helping me win!
Although, Dave came up to me at the Awards
ceremony to say that he was misquoted. It
didn’t matter because he helped me run fast.
We both laughed about it.
I am now sitting watching the Red Sox and
Yankees game. I am not a big baseball fan;
but, it is a pretty exciting game.
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