i am so ready to race. i got most of my crankies out yesterday dumping my problems onto the bf and some other lucky friends. i was up til 1 a.m. 2 nights ago trying to put the regular tire back onto my bike and successfully patched a few holes and still could not pump up the inner tube. i was really frustrated b/c the bike is what i'm most worried about and i haven't been able to practice that, but ended up doing a moderate 45 minute run. i'm going to just buy a trainer wheel b/c i think i've gone through 2 inner tubes in 2 weeks. today was a quick pre-race swim (workout from maija) and then a moderate-slow 30 minute run. trying to sight during the swim was a funny experience- i closed my eyes when my face was in the water and opened them only to breathe and sight, to "simulate" the experience of swimming without seeing much in the water and got myself zigzagging all over the pool! but at least it's good to be prepared for.
so i'm ready. well, mentally ready to just plug through it. dude, if i can walk 11 hours per day for 3 days living on granola bars and trail mix, i think this will be fine.
b/c of hurricane hannah, the race may be cancelled or switched to a bike-run or a run-only event..lame!! i thought it may be sort of fun to swim and run in the rain (but not bike), but if the event isn't an actual triathlon, i think the plan is to skip it. it's not really worth the time to drive down there if we don't do the whole thing. but if we skip it i need to do something with all this energy!!
in other news, i found out that i'm playing keys on sunday for church (liquid), the concluding sunday of a rock series, for 4 services all day from 7 a.m. to about 8:30 p.m. to get ready, i listen to the songs over and over again. i believe i have bohemian rhapsody, sweet child o'mine and final countdown bleeding out of my ears and if there is a race tomorrow, that is all i'll be hearing in my head over and over and over...
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If it is cancelled and icky outside you could do 100x100m in the pool. I won't join you for that because I am counting on my race not getting cancelled on Sunday :) If mine gets cancelled on Sunday, I will do something crazy then while you are doing your marathon at church.
Good luck! Let's hope Hanna goes elsewhere or the rain & wind is not as bad as they expect.
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