Ready for the Race?

I had a good week of workouts this week and finished with an easy bike and run this morning. I ran into a bit of a hiccup on Monday. I headed out early for an easy ride and about a mile into my ride I got a flat rear tire. I called my wife to come and get me so I could just sit and change my tube at home.

For the life of me, I could not manage to get the tire off the rim. I couldn't break the bead. So I threw the bike on the trainer and did my recovery ride that way. I then brought my wheel to the local bike shop along with my spare tube and asked to watch how he did it. I just wasn't using enough force to break the bead.

But its a good thing I did this, because I found out that the tube I had didn't work. I needed a longer stem on the tube in order to get through the deeper rim on my wheel. So he swapped tubes with me and I ordered up some new tubes to keep on hand and on my bike.

Today was packet pick up and athlete meeting. The water temps for this race are going to be cold, in the low to mid 50's. Because of that they are going to shorten the swim some. The weather looks good with calm winds so I shouldn't have to worry about the waves.

I guess I am as ready as I am going to be for this.