6 Days to Go!

July 14, 2008
6 days until the Boulder Peak Triathlon and I’m really worrying about it (worrying could be a general theme in my life…) I should be fine with the swim distance; it’s all the thrashing and churn and lack of visibility in the water I’m worried about. When you first start swimming, you never know whose arm or leg will end up in your face or who you’ll end up accidentally getting tangled with. Once out of the water, I head for the 26 mile bike ride which is what is really psyching me out. Steve and I drove the course on our way home from the MS150 and he kept telling me about the killer hill. I was fine until we drove up it. At that point, I decided I was not going to do this tri – the hill on Old Stage Road freaked me out. We got home and Steve compared it against other training rides and hills I’ve been doing and it wasn’t too much worse. So, I decided not to throw all my training out and do this thing. Training since the MS150 has been tough; that ride took a lot out of me, more than I realized the first week after it.