So you did the whole loop? Five weeks out- you must be _so_ excited! Is your hubby running it, too? IM Florida has a great set-up for spectating- I watched the swim start, rode out to, I don't know, mile 30 or so of the bike, got majorly lost, finally got there, and BF went by not two minutes after I arrived. I then moved to another spot, maybe about 80? and had time to write stuff all over the road in chalk- like his name in a huge heart, and Allez BF and stuff. Saw him there, beat him back to transition, saw him off on the run, then staked out a spot about a half mile from the finish, on a double loop, so I saw him coming back, and going out again for loop two, then I went to the finish and video'd his finish on the giant TV. It was so fun! He was with a big group of people from all over the US that all know each other from some list, that most met at a half IM in May where they all got slots. Fun cheering for them all. There was one guy who lost his bike in Katrina, lost his everything, actually. The group paid for a rental Cervelo with Zipp wheels for him- sweet bike.

I didn't stay to watch the people that didn't make the cut-off, that's just heartbreaking to me.

Nanci