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August 5, 2006
Nervous = Good
I've been into equations lately for my titles - I thought I would stick with it today. :)
So yeah, I'm really nervous for tomorrow. But that's a good thing. To me that means I really care about it. I really haven't been this nervous for races since college which means I probably didn't care enough about my post-collegiate running. I think I'm babbling again. I've been doing a lot of that lately. Did I say I was nervous? :)
The good news is my throat is feeling better. Must have been the 3 naps I took yesterday combined with sleeping 9 hours last night. I still have some congestion in my head/nose but if that doesn't get any worse I don't think I'll notice it much tomorrow.
This morning around 8 I headed to the pool to do a nice and easy 1000 yds. I went to my YMCA which I literally haven't been to in months. I was there just about every day in the winter and early spring but since I've been swimming at Pitt and riding outside I haven't used it. Guess what? It hasn't changed at all. When I walked into the pool the 4 people already there are the same 4 people I would see every single Saturday I swam in the winter. I love it! We all kind of waved at each other. Very fun. :) Anyway, I swam 500 yds easy and then for the next 500 yds I would swim the first 25 yds of each 100 hard and the rest easy for some "race pace" accelerations. Not that I know what my race pace for swimming is. In open water I just go as hard as I can and hope I stay on the right course. Coach told me to find someone swimming about the same speed as me and try to draft off them (legal only in the swim portion of tris) but that's easier said than done. Especially because I don't know what I'm doing.
Fast forward to about 11 am when O and I headed downtown to where the course is for packet pick-up and bike checks. I met my teammate K down there and we rode for about 30 minutes easy and then ran 15 minutes easy with 2 striders. I feel good. I feel ready. I'm just so dang nervous! Deep breathes!
After our little mini-brick we stood in the long line to get our bikes checked and got our packets and race numbers and all that stuff. This is much more serious than any tri I've done. My helmet has a number, my bike has a number, I have about 5 numbers for myself. No messing around! We checked out where the swim started and ended. Nothing too exciting other than the fact that there is going to be a long run from the river up to the transition area. My feet hurt just thinking about it but truthfully that goes pretty fast in my experience. I probably won't think much about it. Coach told me I really had to run (no leisurely jogging!) to get up to my bike. I usually have such an adrenaline rush at that point that I don't think that will be a problem.
And so that's that! Now I'm going to try to find something to keep my mind off the race for the next 6 hours or so until I go to bed... :)
Posted by beth at August 5, 2006 3:23 PM
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go Beth, GO!!!!!!! :)
Posted by: corrado giambalvo at August 5, 2006 5:13 PM
:) YEah!!!!!!!! Kick some butt!
Posted by: Audrey at August 5, 2006 7:26 PM