Conrad Stoltz is uploading photos to his flickr.com account from Kona, Hawaii. His fiancée Amber Monforte (web.mac.com/AmberMonforte) will race Ironman World Championship tomorrow.
More info on Ironman World Champs will follow…

It has been a little more than a week since I crossed the finish line in Busselton and I have had time to reflect on the race and to try put it all in perspective. So what follows is as much a race report as it is a therapeutic exercise for me.

3 days to go. Registered. Race number 1003. Getting nervous. I need a massage. Julie, where are you? Feeling knotty. Have to get it sorted out. Had another swim this morning. Felt like I was at a Big Wave competition at Waimea Bay. Gosh, where have all the beautiful fish gone. Its wild and murky, [...]