We took our time wandering the relatively small expo and made a few purchases. I am most excited about my new combo kick board/pull buoy. It's awesome!! I'm excited that I'll never have to put another gross, dirty, someone-else's pull buoy between my legs!! The fact it serves as both is a bonus AND it was only like $16. Expos are the best places to buy gear since they're always on sale and sometimes don't charge taxes too.
After that, we went to check in at the hotel and meet up with the gals to decide on dinner. We picked Olive Garden (don't judge; there are no choices in Muncie!). Apparently the entire Ironman community also settled on Olive Garden too because there was a 45 minute wait for a table for 9. After calling around to a few places, we ended up back near the hotel at the Thai restaurant Mary wanted to try in the first place.
Thankfully the food was good, the portions big and cheap prices. I think everyone was satisfied and as far as I know, no stomach issues.
We got back to the hotel after dinner around 9pm and got our stuff ready for our 4:30am wake up call for the race.
As one will note, the pre-race brick prescribed in my plan was impossible with the time we arrived and dinner. More rest worked for me just fine. :)
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