Here's the good news: all preparations are done! We drove into Tempe yesterday to find perfect weather waiting for us! Today we spent a good part of the day lugging all of our stuff down to the race venue. It's pretty close to our hotel, so I can't complain that much, but since I'm Sue... hauling a bike, plus the bike gear bag AND the run gear bag was a little tough because we had our little furry boy in tow with us. Rocko, who is our thirteen pound scaredy cat (actually, he's a dog) was doing pretty good until we got further into the race venue and came upon the 3,000 athletes who were in the process of hauling their accoutrements as well. Needless to say, it was kind of stressful--both for him and me! At 2:00pm we took him to the Petsmart Pet Hotel, where he will be pampered like a good dog should, until we pick him up on Monday!
It's 8:00pm and the race is in eleven hours! We are already in for the night--after having a good dinner with family, who drove here to see us race! So I'm sure you're wondering...what's the bad news? Well, I've never started a race with any type of cold, but here I sit, sore throat and totally congested, without the ability to breathe out my nose. How this will effect me tomorrow, I have not a clue. Will it stop me? Hell no. Will it slow me down? Hell no. I have not trained for six months to allow a stupid head cold to slow me down!
The next entry you read will be the one after I'm done. Here is my prediction: 15 hours, 41 minutes, 16 seconds.
See you on the other side...
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