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This morning Siri Lindley had a swim session with Mirinda Carfrae and defending champion Leanda Cave. Here she gave Carfrae a new task.
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Leanda Cave looks fantastic in the pool and was in the middle of a longer set while we were there.
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Next to the King Kam hotel Ironman put up a wall of fame that lists all athletes at the start in Kona and here a competitor pints to her family where she is on the wall.
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A couple Japanese underpants run participants are either heading back to the hotel or a dip at the pier.
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The Aquasphere Kaiman Exo is a new goggle that features a two compound build. It is slightly smaller than the regular Kaiman and is slated to be available in 2014.
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Busy action in the Bonk Breaker booth.
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Big Sexy McDonald served Coffees of Hawaii beverages and cleverly had milk and sugar on his fuel belt.
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Jakub Macel of Cervelo is working here on the trailer connection of the Kona Inspired Team Win.
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The TYR Special Ops 2.0 goggles are available in a variety country themes.
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Team Timex athlete Luis Alvarez will be doing his 100th Ironman event this weekend.
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We noticed this very cool SnapOn tool in the Team Timex mechanic area. This prototype CDI torque tool can be adjusted to various torque setting limits and of course accepts a variety of bits.
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Timo Bracht got a special Kona Rotor shirt today.
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Axel Zeebroek of team Uplace with his BMC race bike.
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Matt Russell sports the limited edition Timex Kona watch.
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Keith Meyer is no longer with Timex but at X2 Performance at least he can stay within the same color family.
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Mr Lava Java hardly has time to step outside during Ironman week.
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For European athletes the Oakley booth is especially tempting and wallet unloading.
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Busy action at the Cytomax house the day after the Slowtwitch gathering.
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Frederik Van Lierde seemed to be on a casual run near Magic Sands.
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Not everyone was preoccupied with running, swimming or cycling, some folks indeed just relaxed here at Magic Sands.