Two days to go...

My race is Saturday at noon and I am ridiculously nervous. I’m checking the weather all the time, hoping that it will both warm up so that I’m not the only one – again – not wearing a wetsuit and that the thunderstorms pass. Running in squishy shoes isn’t great. I have laid out all my stuff, trying to make sure that I don’t forget anything crucial, like bike shoes or helmet or bike. I need to remember all my energy bars, and waters, too. And also a tarp of some sort to keep my things dry. I am not happy with my cycling shoes in that they are new and I haven’t raced with them yet – more for the transition than the actual cycling part. They are really hard to run in and while I have done a few tries of running barefoot with my bike with my shoes already clipped in to speed up the transition, I’m still undecided as to whether I should actually try it out at the race or just hobble along on the slippery biking shoes. I have one last bike session tomorrow and maybe that’s when I will finally decide. Or maybe not.

With it being cool, it will be easy to not want to hydrate adequately and that could be bad. Although, the last time I ran this, I don’t remember having any energy bars with me. I do however remember that the swim was so cold, that I couldn’t feel my pinkies after, I put on long sleeves for the bike and that it took more than half the bike leg to warm up again. So this weekend’s weather is bothersome.

I am also trying to eat wisely, without changing too much. My big concern is that the race starts at noon – and I generally work out before 8am, so the food as energy timing is going to be a bit off, plus the usual jitters aren’t going to calm my stomach at all. I think if I just have the usual pre workout breakfast, but maybe a bit later and then munch on complex carbs and water throughout the morning I should be ok. It’s also only about a 3hour event, so I’m probably overthinking for nothing. I hope.

I have decided to go to the track by myself and my husband and kids (my own personal cheering section) will follow later. I want to be there a bit early and they will be doing lots of waiting around as it is. There is also an information session tomorrow night, so I will better be able to get my bearings and find out where to park and what time to come at.

So many things to worry about…