Biking on Cobblestones will be hard but worth it

Pretty darn crazy- Last week I began contemplating a fun idea- doing Ironman Brazil in either 2009 or 2010. It would be hard training, mostly because most of the roads are cobblestones. I said I'd only do an Ironman again if I train with someone else. Drew is a runner and we can train together. I also saw some guys riding our first week here. I want to find them. But this was crazy. On the way to church we got off the trufie, and guess what we saw. A bike race. But it wasn't a bike race- it was a triathlon. IN COCHABAMBA!!! It was the Bolivian championships. It was so cool. I went crazy. I just started saying "English? English?? English??" After being turned down by about 15 people a guy spoke English and explained that triathlon is still a very new sport in Bolivia. He said only about 15 people do triathlons here in CBBA. He introduced me to his swimming coach and I may spend some time with them. Either coaching or training myself with them. We will see. I love the sport, and it will give me a great opportunity to spend good time with people here. So we'll see what happens. I am pumped.