Pre Des Moines
June 12th, 2010 by Will
It’s been a great week over here in Des Moines.
Our awesome homestay hosts Kerrie and Jason have gone well overboard to make us feel very welcome.  I feel so relaxed leading into the weekend that I could be racing in at home! It’s certainly a far cry from the usual waiting game based in a boring hotel room! I used to get bored coming here to race, it was very much a get in get out affair. However I have really been enjoying the chilled out lifestyle that they have here in the summer and am really grateful for the experience.
It’s the 3rd time I have been to Des Moines. This time though we have seen a fair bit. Yesterday we went to the Bass Mall! A huge warehouse dream world for Iownians! Camping equipment, fishing boats, speed boats, camouflage, bass, stuffed animals, fishing equipment, boots and LOTS OF GUNS/Weapons!
85% of residents in Iowa own a gun, so when in Rome…Like excited children who have never held a gun before, we went about taking some pretty funky gangster shots with Bryans camera! The shopkeeper wasn’t very impressed when Aaron pointed the biggest magnum into my cheek for a photo! He also almost lost it when we started asking him where the sawn off’s are and the fact that Aaron used to have a BB gun.
We managed to redeem ourselves though when we asked him what guns he owns. Then…we couldn’t keep him quiet as he rattled off about 10 guns!
Conor our homestay host
I haven’t done much training this week. I think, as I was a bit overdone for Madrid it would do my nothing but good to just tick the legs over. After all the fun I have had though I decided today that I was going to stop and get serious in time for another big one at the weekend.
‘Hyvee’ is a very well known event over here, the locals REALLY get behind it which is a lot of fun to be part of. Tonight we have a big party with the local Triathlon Club.
| A late race report from Madrid World Champs Series | 6th in Des Moines World Cup |
