I'M IN JAPAN!!

THIS MORNING I WOKE UP AT 4:30AM, TOOK A QUICK SHOWER, GRABBED A TON OF LUGGAGE AND CAUGHT THE SHUTTLE TO THE AIRPORT. THE TRIATHLON TEAM FLEW FROM COS TO SAN FRANCISCO, WE LANDED AROUND 8:30 AND HAD A 5 HOUR LAYOVER WHICH WE SPENT PLAYING POKER (I WON $5!!) AT 1:00PM WE BOARDED THE FLIGHT TO NAGOYA, JAPAN...11HOURS LATER WE LANDED!!! AND HERE I AM...AT A COMPUTER OUTSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL TERMINAL (TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK ON THIS JAPANESE KEYBOARD:) I NEED A SHOWER AND A CHANGE OF CLOTHES! THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL...I WATCHED A FEW MOVIES, READ A BIT OF A BOOK, SLEPT FOR A FEW HOURS, AND DID SOME STRETCHING IN THE BACK OF THE PLANE TO STAY LOOSE. ALL OUR LUGGAGE ARRIVED UNSCATHED AND THE TRIATHLON ORGANIZATION ARRANGED A BIG TRUCK TO TAKE ALL THE BIKES INTO GAMAGORI...WE ARE WAITING A FEW HOURS FOR MORE TRIATHLITES TO ARRIVE AND THEN PILING ONTO A BUS FOR THE 3 HOUR DRIVE TO GAMAGORI. HOPEFULLY I WILL GET MORE CHANCES TO GET ONLINE...IF NOT...MY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIATHLON RACE IS ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH AT NOONISH (JAPAN TIME)...THE USA TEAM LOOKS AWESOME AND WE ARE READY TO KICK SOME BUTT!! LATER GATORS!