Well, the real countdown has begun. 5 days til we race the Lake Stevens 70.3 Triathlon. And I use the word "race" loosely. "Attempt to finish" is more like it.
We are now in the taper phase. All training distances are shorter. Although, a couple 30 miler bike rides, 8 mile run, 5 mile run, a couple mile swims...... doesn't really seem like a taper, but it is.
I decided a week before the race to adjust the seat on my bike. To quote the Guinness commercials, "BRILLIANT !! " not. last week's adjustment at the bike store led to immediate pain in some part of the hamstrings, which were already barking. So, met up with the bike fit guy, who made some appropriate adjustments (and suggested a new seat for the numbness in that sensitive area). So, now I have the new seat ( ka-ching $! ) (you pay thru the nose for comfort in zee 'zone') and will go have him put it on at proper height and angle. And we'll see how much I'm suffering post race.
Shall I mention my toes with the blisters under the nails?? I think a foto has been posted once before.. More of that. great.
Hey, you guys that read this blahhhhhhhhhhgggg probably can't wait for this race to be over, too. Don't worry, I'll hand off the camera to the coach so we'll have some photographic evidence of this fiasco and keep my verbosity to a minimum.
Well, the boys are off to Alpe de Huiz tomorrow. We'll be up at the crack of dawn to watch. You know we rode that route last May. (in a car, BRILLIANT !!) We've got to keep an eye out for our runaway sheep and cute donkeys, on the lead up to the town of Bourg "something French" Oisans and le Alpe.
I'd better add the photos.
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