Scooby Doo! The Mystery Begins video Another weekend in a another new place with another 70.3! I feel like we were just packing for New Orleans yesterday! Nope, it’s been 4 weeks since then, and we just returned from St. Croix. It was an awesome weekend in an interesting place, with good friends, great weather, and an awesome race. Here’s the story:  

No, Gram, that’s Fuel Belt! Thanks, though! Haha, even if she’s off on the names a bit, it is pretty sweet that my grandmother knows who my sponsors are, isn’t it? Even cooler? She follows my races on ironman.com! My family rocks!  

PRE-RACE

Our first flight was scheduled to take off at 11:30 on Friday morning. We left the runway at 12:45. Our connection was scheduled to take off at 3:50. It left Miami at 3:52. We deplaned in Miami at 3:55. Alrighty, time to get comfy at Miami International! Next flight to New Orleans wasn’t until 10:45. So Chrissie, Jesse, and I set up camp in a nice little corner of MIA, and had a good ol’ time people watching. When 10:15 (advertised boarding time) rolled around and there was no plane attached to the gate, we kissed good-bye to the anticipated 12:30 bedtime. At 10:45 the airline attendant announced that there was a delay… Duh! We finally made our way to New Orleans and crawled into bed around 1:30am.