This morning saw us up early to walk the dog, make lunches, and bike to swimming. It was a good swim, one that has me thinking my swimming might finally be coming around. It was a broken set of 15 100s for the main set....good stuff.
Then off to work, by bike. As I rode up to my building I noticed everyone evacuating, the fire alarm was going off. We still don't know why it was tripped.......
Tonight (or right now, if Eric is already on it) will be the last few changes to the bikes: a) carbon-rim brake pads check, b) cassette on race wheels check, c) enough bottle cages, places for CO2 check.
We have both gotten out of the Olympic-distance triathlon mode, I'm afraid to think what we'll forget. This year I really noticed how prepping and packing for the Mt. Taylor Winter Quad and Ironman Arizona went so smoothly. We have been doing this long enough that we both just know what we need to bring and pack (after episodes of things like forgetting bike shoes for the quad and packing twice as many things as we need for an Ironman).
An Oly is a bit different though....and so short! We need to have the A-game on, at least for packing, transition setup, and fast transition execution.
So far we have both, independently remembered that we need a transition towel..... but what about socks for the run (haven't run sockless in my current flats yet), or the SportKilt for easy deck changes after everything is said and done? How much (or in this case, how little) nutrition do we bring? Hat/visor for the run? Swim suit, or tri suit/bottoms with a bit more padding? And I think we'll be done before 10 am, do we even bother with sunscreen?
Any way you call it, should make for some interesting race reports next week! Have a great weekend! Check out the mount line this race has......that is one way to deter cheating!
-A
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