Race Week

Well I have finally made it to race week. The last couple of weeks of training have gone well. 3 weeks ago I had a significantly reduced training week and it was just weird to have that much time off. Then we hit it hard for 2 weeks and now I am tapering prior to the race.

I shipped my tri bike to the race a couple of weeks ago so I have had my road bike on the trainer. It is SOOO different. My butt is not used to that seat and that position after spending the last year on my tri bike. I also don't have electronic shifting on my road bike so that throws me off too. But its still fun.

I am travelling this week for work spending Thursday and Friday in Knoxville Tennessee, then heading to Miami on Friday night. So I will be away from home, and not have a lot of control of my diet and exercise in the days prior. But its all good. I will get through it just fine.

I fought through a cold over the last week as well. Thankfully it didn't become respiratory and just stayed as a sinus infection. I also made a couple of trips to the chiropractor for some low back pain and that is finally cleared up as well.

My friend Amy texted me today and asked if I was ready for the race. Well I don't know that we ever feel "ready" for a race. I think we always feel like we could have, should have, done more training. But I told her that I am as ready as I can be right now.

Race day weather appears to be in the mid 70's which is much warmer than I am used to right now. It doesn't really affect me as much on the swim or bike like it would on a run. So a good thing I am just doing the swim/bike portion. There are 3 aid stations on the bike too, so plenty of opportunities to hydrate.

I am excited and nervous for this race. I am well prepared, I have a good race plan, and I plan to enjoy my time in the sun. I wont get a chance to open water swim for another 8 months, and outside bike riding will be at least 6 month from now.