Friday the 13th

Well, at the end of this superstitious day the only bad thing that happened was getting a headache from a little too much wine at lunch :)  All in all, a great day.  Went for a hard sprint brick this morning, biked 13 miles and ran one.  Felt good, felt refreshed, and all in all, feel ready for Sunday.  I plan to hit the pool tomorrow before work and get the bike to the shop for a quick tune up.  Unfortunately working until 11pm the night before a race of course is not ideal, but I'm making the best of it.  I am getting everything together tonight and packing the car so I just have to roll out of bed, get dressed and grab water and Gu's on Sunday morning.  Also, I plan to hit the sack terribly boring-ly early tonight so that I am as well rested as possible going into this.

I have to give a big thanks to all my friends who have tolerated my stories and kept track of my races, and the ones who, when I am trying not to let my tri's consume the conversation, ask me how training is going and let me ramble on :)  I appreciate your love and support more than you know.  It means so much to have you behind me in all of this, and it truly has gotten me this far.

Tim has been amazing, as he is constantly drowning in tri conversations, listening to me go on and on about plans, rides, pains, races, fears, accomplishments, routes, hills.... and so much more.  He has understood this very weird journey, and been with me every step of the way, and for that, I could not possibly be more grateful.

Now as for me, I am just... well... happy.  This training has added so much to my life.  I never really realized that something was missing until I filled the void, and finally feel complete again.  I have only done the one race, and I will have to update you after Sunday, the racing is certainly fun, but the training is almost more fun, more challenging, pushing hills and times and figuring out this crazy sport.

For now, that is all, need to pack, hydrate and head to bed, long couple of days ahead of me!  Race is in New London on Sunday morning, at Ocean Beach, half mile swim, 16.1 mile bike and 3.1 mile run.  I'm ready and I just can't wait! :)