Today was a day of ups and downs, peppered liberally with laughter. I am here with two of the best traveling buddies ever. This is my second race trip with Kevin and my third with Janet; and we have all three been together twice now. We seem to really travel well together and I am really happy to be sharing this experience with them both.
We checked in this morning...definitely a high. My race bib is pretty freaking Cool ... 777 and that I get to have the Canadian flag on it to boot is simply awesome.
We ran this afternoon. Definitely a low. :( I think this is why I did not run before leaving ATL. It was not pretty. Very low energy and very hard to breathe under exertion. Lungs just have been compromised too much with this illness. Add that to the 100+ degrees in full sun ... Well let's just say it was a good reality check. I keep telling one of my athletes that you can't race at more than you've trained and that you only have so many matches in your book. Once you have lit them, that's it. So maybe my matchbook has more matches or bigger matches than some, but I still have a limited number. My matches this Sunday will be fewer than usual. And I will have to race accordingly. After today's TWO mile run...yes just 2...it is crystal clear to me that Sunday will be a slow day. I will race to finish this time. That will be a first for me.
I did pick up some awesome sunglasses at the expo today. Lost my 'Canada' glasses at a yoga studio...Boo...so I've replaced them with my Vegas glasses. And they rock. Got a new (matching) helmet too. Rudy project stuff...most comfortable helmet I have ever put on. Now I just need a new bike to match ;)
Like I said at the beginning of this post, I have laughed my ass off all day with these two. So many quotes today, but I think two of the best are:
1) in reference to my GPS which has Sean Connery's voice, and the fact that Vegas seems to enjoy making you cross four lanes of traffic in 50m, Kevin says in his best and actually pretty damn good Sean Connery voice, as I race ahead from a light to cross said four lanes, "Do it like I would Katrina". Yes we think it about time they made your GPS personal. And 2) in talking about gel flavours, because what else do triathletes talk about, I said that I had to move to plain last year during IM training because I couldn't handle the taste anymore, and Janet says "well what does it taste like?? a big wad of cum in your mouth??" talk about LMAO.
And that's it for today. Athlete dinner was a complete and utter bust. We are heading to bed, and will be up tomorrow to get our swim in, do our pre race workout, and check in our gear. And at least as of right now, Sunday is forecasted to be quite a bit cooler than today. C'mon 777!
Happy training
Kat
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