Random thoughst on Kona

• Love the Island, love the town, love Ironman ....need to find a way to love the Ironman in Kona
• Kona Coffee is the best especially Coffees of Hawaii
• Swim up  coffee bar is a highlight of the week   (well maybe 2nd to running down Alii at the finish)
• I am so thankful for all the friends I have met in this sport....so amazing to see them all in Kona!
• More sunscreen next time!  My back is molting right now
• Wish I had not donated my orthotic to the Island Gods
• Nutrition plan?  Taking suggestions on one that keeps my fluids in my body!
• Blister prevention- actually I have all the aids but used none of them- why?  I'm stupid sometimes
• Kona is HOT!
• Euro's shopping in speedo's is funny
• TYR;s new Special Ops Goggles ROCK!! Polarized, NO Goggle marks and they are the best...available in 2012 - look for them
• Half Ass Donkey Balls (frosted) are as good as sex
• 4 Ironman Athletes, 2 athletes not racing but riding and 2 teenagers can eat and drink ALOT in a week!
• Ron Tribendous's wife is a saint.... 8 3/4 months pregnant and she wanted Ron to come and race in Kona- she deserves an easy birth with this kid
• There are some really fast people in Kona
• There are a lot of really nice people in Kona and a few not so nice
• Less wind means it is much hotter! 
• Craig Alexander is a good guy!
• Mike Reilly's induction into Ironman Hall of Fame at the Awards Ceremony was awesome
• The swim in Kona is the toughest of any Ironman
• Doing Vegas 70.3 and Kona is not a good idea (for me anyway)
• Seeing the pro's in front is inspirational but seeing the ones in the back suffering and gutting it out is also inspirational -they have bad days too
• For $600+ to race I want MORE Porta Potties....have to wait in line is just not fair- Garmin says 6+ minutes in idle time :)
• Biestmilch wins the award for viral marketing....create the demand, give out swim caps and very cool t-shirts. How many people really know they are pimping "colostrum or the foremilk, this quintessentially natural substance, which is produced by the mammary glands of all female mammals "  Have not tried it but love my shirt
• World Bicycle Relief is a cool org.....and brilliant with the marketing- nice pink and green t-shirts with the number 89,707.  What does that mean, everyone asks? # of bikes given away to date
• Can everyone come to Kona 10lbs heaveir next year vs leaner and faster?  Just asking