Ishigaki

I love Ishigaki... and as the t-shirts for this years race say "Ishigaki loves you!" I really enjoy being here in Ishigaki, its like a very low key place, with great riding, great open water swimming, nice running (not the best as I dont know of any trails, but wide sidewalks) but the best thing is going out to eat here. Its like a roulette wheel, you point at something and hope you get what you want. The first two nights were great, we found an Ishigaki beef restaurant and while it is very expensive ($25) a meal including rice and beef it was great to find a good reliable place to eat. Of course the night before the race we decided it was a good idea to change things up, and we ended up at two restaurants before being sent to a third one that serves pasta. I basically wanted rice and chicken, but they don't serve chicken here the way we get it at home, it is impossible to find chicken breast or portions that are big. So we ate dinner and went to Coco! to top off the dinner with some other snack food.
Everything is going great here, it is such a great place to train and I really love it here. I cant wait to race tomorrow and see how my winter of training went. Overall, I am just having a lot of fun and can't wait to race.