D-2 Day

Wake up in the morning, wondering if I should go for another short run. Decided against it. Went into the office to clear some work and emails. My boss wished me luck, his parting words : "take it easy, there is nothing to prove - you have done it".

4pm came and I headed home. Luan had just returned from Shanghai and her sister was going to drive us to the airport in our MPV.

At the airport, we met a Belgium couple (Stephen and Natalie) and a Malaysian, Kenneth, all going to Langkawi for the race. Roger and his wife, Jennifer was there too. We chatted and learned that Stephen (who looked very rugged with his flowing long hair and deep setted eyes) was about to do his second ironman for the year, after Busselton. Next, he is going NZ. His target is to complete 15 ironman this year! If we are crazy2tri, he must be mad_with_tri (and a wealthy one at that). His PB stands at 10hr+. :-P

-Terence

Landed in Langkawi airport just after 8pm. Rented a car (Proton Wira) after getting assurance from the rental guy that our bike case would go in, and it did.

We made our way to our hotel, Vista Bella. Checked in. Unpacked and assembled my bike - spent a bit of time trying to get my real derailleur to thread in properly. While unpacking, Luan went to the lobby (WIFI hotspot) to update her blog.

Next, was supper and then to bed. D-2 night is always important as the night before a race is typically quite sleepless.