Up and at em - well at least I am. Susan sleeps much longer than I do. Think of all the extra stuff I get done. I had a great sleep. Maybe it was the comfortable bed, or maybe it was the wine, but who cares.
The weather sucks. It's raining and overcast. The good news though is that it's going to clear up tomorrow, which is a good thing because I have a 45 minute bike ride followed by a 20 minute run, just to keep the blood moving in preparation for race day.
After breakfast, first thing's first. A stop at a local coffee shop for a latte. I had a latte macchiato with maple. Maan, was it good. Next was Peach City Athletics. Susan had to pick up some swim goggles that she ordered. I bought some sunglasses. Next stop, Winners to see if that have any home stuff I might like. The only thing I bought was a yoga mat. Well, I guess that could be called home stuff.
Now, a cool 30 minute drive off to race package pick-up in Oliver. A big race like this has an expo with vendors from all sorts of athletic companies: Oakley, Zoot triathlon clothing, gels, running shoes and any other triathlon gear you can think of. Of course I made the big mistake of going to the Oakley table and trying on some sunglasses. $235 later and I am the proud owner of a pair of yellow flak jacket sunglasses with blue iridium lenses. They look sooo cool - I'm a lean, mean, yellow racing machine. The only descriptive words in that sentence you use to classify me are yellow and racing. I'm definitely not lean, but my helmet and bike both have yellow on them, and now I have yellow sunglasses to add to my kit. Competitors, watch out; I mean business.
Down to the lake to check out the temperature of the water. Tuc-el-nuit Lake is beautiful. It isn't very big and it has a lot of beautiful homes on the edge of the lake, with weeping willow trees lining the beach.
We ran into some fellow Edmonton Triathlon Club members. It's nice to see people from home when I'm travelling.
Time to head back to the motel for supper. Mmm, I'm hungry.
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