RACE WEEK: 4/7/08 - 4/13/08

Planned Training & Activities
Monday - 4/7/08:
REST DAY
Tuesday - 4/8/08:
AM - Run = 30 min easy
PM - Pack
Wednesday - 4/9/08:
AM - none
PM - Swim = 30 min (at noon), pack in evening
Thursday - 4/10/08:
7 AM - Leave Tucson
8:30 AM - Arrive in Tempe
9 - 9:30 AM - Practice swim in Tempe Town Lake
10 AM - Packet pick-up
12 PM - Bike = 20 min (ride run course on MTB)
Afternoon - lunch, hotel check-in, shower
Evening - free
Friday - 4/11/08:
AM - Run = 15 min easy
11 AM - Lunch with BeginnerTriathlete.com (BT) crowd at Some Burros
Afternoon - free
5:30 - 7:30 PM - IMAZ Welcome Dinner
7:30 - 8:30 PM - Racer's meeting
Saturday - 4/12/08:
8 AM - Swim = 15 min, Bike = 15 min, Run = 15 min
10 AM - 3 PM - Window open to check gear bags and check bike in
5 PM - Early dinner at BT house
8 PM - In bed
SUNDAY - 4/13/08 - RACE DAY!
3:30 AM - Alarm goes off
4 AM - Done with breakfast
5 AM - Arrive at transition area, check bike, drop bags off, get bodymarked
6:30 AM - Get ready: wetsuit on, head towards water at around 6:50 AM
7 AM - RACE START
7 AM - ??? - Swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, run 26.2 miles and FINISH THE RACE

Monday, 4/7/08 Update:
I'm going to switch to daily blog updates now. There's going to be a lot going on, and this way folks at home can follow along and hear what race week is all about and all the preparation.

After yesterday's swim, I'm a little less nervous. I still can't believe I swam that fast, and it was steady the whole time. I wasn't trying to go fast, which is good. The only thing is, right after I was really tired. I slept the entire car ride home. I'm hoping that's just more taper fatigue, and next week I'll feel better. I still had that feeling of "I don't know if I can bike 112 miles after this" but then again, I did last year with much less training and survived. Well, except for that whole missing the bike cutoff by 6 minutes thing. But if I can get out of the water an hour before the cutoff, that will be in my bank for the bike. The whole event will be about banking time to beat the cutoffs.

As you can see, I have my whole week planned out in detail. The evenings of Mon-Wed will be spent packing everything for race day. Hopefully tomorrow's post will have a pic of what goes into the packing. I'll also post my packing list tomorrow. It's huge!