I covered 40 miles on my bike this morning. The tone on the Centennial Trail between 9 & 10 am out to Higgens Point was more serious. I saw numerous Ironmen with the carbon fiber bikes and the pointy helmets out today. I did not see any up around Hayden Lake, which is different from my previous riding days up north lately. The Prairie Trail was home to quite a few runners today but I can't differentiate runners from Ironmen so I'm not sure if it is related. On my way back through town, it appeared to be packet pick up day for racers. The downtown corridor was heavily congested with foot traffic that all had the same blue Ironman bag full of info and a Wheaties sample. Between the athletes, the cyclists and the car traffic, you really need to drive slowly through downtown right now/Christa Hazel, special correspondent for HucksOnline.