Of all the choices I had for hotels to stay at for Ironman Utah 2002, which I signed up for a year in advance, I stayed at a hotel almost 40 miles from the lake where the race swim course was located. I drove down there every day for swim practice and it was very annoying to be so far away.
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I signed up for the inaugural Ironman Utah event in Provo, Utah, just after I completed the Seattle To Portland bicycle event. I completed 200 miles on my bicycle that day and decided I would be ready to complete the Ironman course a year later. I think it was at the end of July 2001 when I completed that course by myself, while I completed it in two days the previous year with two co-workers. I remember the woman at the hotel, back in 1999 or 2000, was almost trying to say I must have hacked into their computer to get one of their hotel rooms reserved online. I thought that was stupid and it stuck in my mind. That was the time at work that Grace asked if she could spend the night with me. I told her the hotel room had two beds. She and the other woman later told me they were also able to get rooms at that same hotel. Earlier, she made some puzzling comments in email at work about my "birth marks" and I found that puzzling. I responded and asked if she worked for the Department of Justice and she suggested that she worked for the Russian mafia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_to_Portland_Bicycle_Classic
The Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic (STP) is an annual one and two day supported bicycle ride from Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon in the United States. The STP "is considered one of the 10 biggest recreational bicycle rides in the country, drawing riders from across the nation and from other nations".[1] The ride is organized by the Cascade Bicycle Club. The ride is approximately 200 miles (322 km) in length. Most riders complete the distance in two days; however, about 15% complete the ride in one day.
