Tuesday To do's

Hokay:

1. Clean old cassette and bike;
2. Buy some tools for bike;
3. Figure out what I'm wearing race day;
4. Deposit cheque;
5. Enjoy Wednesday off work and have a relaxing time with family;
6. Stay on target with taper;
7. Eat healthy;
8. Smile;
9. Remember why I'm doing this;
10. Go hard on Sunday!

Things are coming together. I'm feeling pretty tired, coach says that's normal and that's good so I'm listening to his advice. Pretty successful at tuning out the rest except for some panicking feelings I was having in the pool with chest tightness. Greg said this morning "you're going hard on your warm up wtf" or something to that effect which made me slow down and thus made me speed up on my first 200m all out. But then I talked too much and felt heavy for the rest of the workout. Regardless the little bit about slowing down helped me to relax in the pool and the chest tightness I carried from yesterday's workout until this morning has suddenly disappeared.

The Time Trials are all done for now. That was a super fantastic series. It's too bad we had only three athletes coming out to them but I have to say they couldn't have been better people. They made it fun and relaxed and then Andre went on to win his Age Group at the Half Moon Lake tri. Pretty cool!

This weekend will be an exercise in fun and an exercise in taking my mind out of the equation. I actually want to see how much I can suffer on race day. I have some fear about suffering the swim and the run but no fear about suffering the bike. I will race without a watch and do the best I can do. There's absolutely nothing at stake on race day so this is a chance to throw caution to the wind and have a blast.

Following that I am so geeked that I get to travel back to the Okanagan and try out the IMC course again.

Did I mention it's summer holidays? Well the boys are out of school - registered for camps, spending time with Grandparents and hopefully the sunshine will come out and we can spend some good times by a lake fishing. They both have brand new fishing rods and tackle kits ready to go thanks to their Dad :)

I have had a lucky and blessed year. I am so grateful :)