JBlog

Well, tomorrow is the big day.  It’s the reason I started running and I’ve been looking forward to it for several months now.  I went this past Wednesday to an open practice session for the lazy river, which is where the first part of the swim event takes place.  I had heard that it was easier to run through it that swim, but I was sure whoever had told me that was full of it.  Sure enough, when I jumped in and started swimming, two younger women ran right past me like it was nothing.  So … I developed a jump-dive technique that seems to work pretty well.  We’ll see how well it works tomorrow.  The flip turns are opposite of the way I’m used to doing them, so that will throw me off a little.  I’m hoping to be able to throw down about a 24 mph avg on the bike and finish the run in 15 minutes.  Hard target is top half of the age group.  Pipe dream is a top 20 overall win, which I know isn’t going to happen … but who knows.    Then it’s off to Wisconsin to watch Ben ski and spend some time with family.