Race Prep - 11 hours till race start

Karen, Michelle and I had to prepare our gear bags for the bike and run and put our bike into transition. The only thing we can go to tomorrow is go to our bike to put on liquids and nutrition. So it was a little scary putting together our bike and run bags knowing if you forget something too bad. We went to the transition area in the late afternoon and were personally walked through the transition area to our bike racks and then to where we hang our run and bike bags. This is a clean transition meaning that we cannot have anything on the ground at our bike- it is either attached to your bike or in your bag. When we come out of the swim we will go get our bike gear bag and go to the changing tent to gear up and then go to our bike. When we come in on our bike, someone will rack our bike for us- yahoo! and then we go get our run gear bag, go to the changing tent and then go run. So we are thinking transition will not be fast. They want us to tie up our bags before leaving it too. So much for all that Lake Meridian training :).

So here we sit one night before the race. I am feeling like the country bumkin in the big city with all the big lights and sights. Everyone looks like a pro and I feel like I look like me (that is probably a good thing to feel like). It will be an honor to line up with some fast 70.3 racers... and I know all three of us will work hard to have our best race.

Kathy