Following my bike ride I went for a 20 minute run. Now that my exercise for the day is out of the way I can concentrate on organizing my gear piles for tomorrow's race. Hmmm, maybe I should take a shower and then start getting ready for the rest of the day. We have to check our bikes into transition later. The forecast for tomorrow is rain, but we are in Canada, after all. It could change. Unlike Edmonton, when it rains here, it is warm at this time of year. In a little more than two and half months from now, I'll be here again, but it'll be for Ironman instead of a half Ironman. I'll be fitter and more race-ready. It is a well known fact that it is better to go into a long race like this undertrained than injured. Well, I'm undertrained AND injured. It'll be fun to see how that goes.
We went to our favourite latte shop, Blenz, for a latte. The weather was beautiful today so we sat outside. Next stop, the Bike Barn, Penticton's local bike shop. The Bike Barn is the dedicated technical support for tomorrow's race, as well as for Ironman Canada. If anybody gets a flat or needs technical assistance for any reason, hopefully they will be nearby, or the athlete could be waiting a long time for assistance. That's why it's important to be self-sufficient and be able to change your own flats.
Time to check my bike in. There must be a half a million dollars worth of bikes here. I have a great spot at the end of the rack so I can put my gear at the end of the row and not worry if my next door neighbour is going to run over my transition area. My bike fits under the rack too so I don't have to take the extra .574 seconds it takes to unrack my bike and turn it around and head towards the exit. All I have to do is unrack my bike and move it forward under the rack.
Now, that's out of the way. Let's go down to the lake and watch all the swimmers. Here's a picture of the lake. You might be able to see the line of swimmers practicing near the left side of the picture.
Oh, oh, the pre-race meeting is in 15 minutes. We better get going. The pre-race meeting will tell us what time our swim starts tomorrow, as well as other pertinent information we need to know. My swim starts at 7:50am and I have until 9:00 to finish the swim - two km - piece of cake. There are three waves of swimmers because the beach isn't big enough to accommodate all the athletes at once. There's about 1,200 competitors.
Time to go back and eat supper and get ready for tomorrow. I've set my alarm for 4 am.
Stay tuned for my results tomorrow. It's off to bed for this little girl.
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