sorry for the delay...

sorry it took so long to get the first update out.. i haven't been feeling too well. it's been VERY difficult to eat. so far breakfast has been consisting of a couple pieces of white bread with butter, a little fried rice, some noodles, and LOTS of coffee... not my typical race food. yesterday i (we) ate something that didn't agree with me at all... needless to say... i was very sick before the start of the race and just hung on for dear life the gutter the entire day. even tilford said that he's never felt so bad at a race before and he's been racing 20 years. for dinner last night i had two rolls, some white rice, 4 bananas and something like 10 glasses of 7up. although it was a small dinner, it did the trick and i started feeling better as the night wore on. it's 5:45 am here on friday.. 13 hr time difference. my morning usually begins around 4 - 5am and ends around 10 - 11pm. last night i slept for only 4:45. hopefully i get some sleep on the plane... we have a transfer to hong kong today so i'll have my race reports posted for the first two stages tonight. i hope everybody is doing well... i miss mama and baby! wish me luck! and a prayer or two wouldn't hurt as well... nick