Wednesday we made it to Penticton BC. The drive was long-ish but through some beautiful mountains. So far I don’t think I forgot anything…
Thursday I checked in, got my packet & the all important competitors bracelet. I expected the stress/butterflies would start at that point but they didn’t. After checking in I called Bank of America for the third time to get my credit card reactivated. Hopefully the third times a charm…if there’s a fourth hold put on my account I’m moving my millions to a new bank when I get home. (Sorry Mom)
For lunch I met with my coach face to face for the first time after working together for almost a year. We went over the specific plan for race day, the major take away was pacing. For the first 6 or so hours of the race I’ll be focused on not doing anything “silly” as coach called it!
I spent about 45 minutes in the lake during the afternoon, the waters great. There was a little afternoon chop but race morning should be pretty calm (knock on wood). After the swim I rode the first section of the bike course, this included the climb after turning on to McLean Creek Road. There were a ton of other people out getting a feel for the first 15 miles. This stretch will double as the run course later in the day on Sunday, I was riding it at about the same time of day that I’ll (hopefully) be running it on race day. Looks like I should expect a pretty strong headwind for the second half of the run on race day…
My foot continues to feel better, hopefully with a little more therapy & rest it won’t give me any problems on race day, but if it does I guess thats all part of the game 😉
The weathers warm with low humidity, Saturday has the chance of some thunder showers & race day looks to be in the low 90.
A little later tonight Harmony & I will head out to pickup Sara at the airport.
Sunday the race can be followed online at http://www.ironman.com, look for the callout for tracking Ironman Canada. You can search for me by name or bib number 532. Between now and they I’m trying to make updates to http://www.twitter.com/dumb_focus.
Good luck Trav. Your training is to be commended. Well done !
Don