Five days to go

Well race day is almost here. I haven't really been posting a lot lately b/c I haven't really been training all that hard lately. I have begun to get a little burned out on the whole training thing. I have still been doing a few things here and there but not really pushing forward full steam ahead like I should have been.

The race is on Saturday and I am already extremely nervous. I hope my recent lack of training does not come back to haunt me. I am sure I will be fine (in between the puking and waves of extreme pain)...

I am looking forward to completing the event. I start at around 7:45 am on Saturday morning. I figure the whole thing will take between six and seven hours. No big deal (yeah right)!?! At around 2:00 on Saturday I will either be really happy or in the hospital.



Come visit me in the hospital...

Rock'N'Roll Marathon

I have decided to do the rock'n'roll marathon here in San Diego. I figure if I am going to do one, I might as well make it now. I hope this isn't a bad idea!?!



That course looks sooooo long....

Splattered Bugs

Bike: 28 miles

My race went well on Saturday. My age group was in the first heat and took off around 8:30 am on Saturday morning. It was pretty cool riding through Camp Pendleton. I was pretty happy to be on my bike and not marching around with all those troops on the base.

The ride started out in a big pack...similar to what you see on television. It was pretty closterphobic being in a big pack like that. I fell back to last place in my age group and just took it nice and steady. I ended up passing around ten to fifteen people in my age group which is pretty good considering there were only about thirty-five to forty of us. The highlight of the race was flying down the not-so-easy-to-climb hill at forty miles an hour.

I think a bug splattered against my sunglasses at one point.



Good race. There are only a few weeks left and I am not all that sure that I am 100% ready. My training will come down to the wire.