It has been over a month since I posted anything to my wonderful blog. It seemed like a really good idea at the time but I was training for Ironman USA and just about ready to hit the big training weeks. Somehow getting ready for an Ironman takes 
over my life. I train, I work, I eat and I sleep and my to-do list grows. I take care of the things that must be done and everything else has to wait until after the big day. The big day will be here tomorrow but I just can't seem to have a good big day until I have everything in order. So my blog is now the last thing on my list that remains to be done before the race - so that I can then do it after the race too. So as I write to you now I am choking down some pre race favorites like Peach Rings, Gas X, Zantac, Bolthouse Berry Farms...and I wonder why I have such stomach issues! Maybe with eating habits like this I will develop that stomach of iron I have envied in so many? Enough of that rambling I know some of you would much rather hear about Lake Placid. 
I will post some pictures from this week when I am home. The weather has been cool - actually cold. I have been wearing every piece of warm clothing most of the week. High 60's pushing into the 70's has been the norm - oh and rain, rain and more rain. Not only have I been wearing all my clothes but every time I go out everything gets soaked (see picture of Gerald & Sarah from SC).
Today the weather cleared and the sun and light wind are drying everything out. The weather for race day promises to be beautiful - perfect race day conditions. This morning I packed all my transition bags and cleaned my bike and delivered everything to the transition area around 12:30. I was glad to have that all taken care of. The rest of the afternoon slipped away and now it is already time to start thinking about getting dinner ready (I am staying at my friends' home - Cindy & David). We will have a nice dinner together with Gerald (AKA - "G") and his wife Sarah who are staying here too.
The morning will come quickly with a 4:00 am wake-up call and a start time of 6:25 for the women pro athletes.
You can watch the race unfold online @ http://www.ironmanlive.com/
over my life. I train, I work, I eat and I sleep and my to-do list grows. I take care of the things that must be done and everything else has to wait until after the big day. The big day will be here tomorrow but I just can't seem to have a good big day until I have everything in order. So my blog is now the last thing on my list that remains to be done before the race - so that I can then do it after the race too. So as I write to you now I am choking down some pre race favorites like Peach Rings, Gas X, Zantac, Bolthouse Berry Farms...and I wonder why I have such stomach issues! Maybe with eating habits like this I will develop that stomach of iron I have envied in so many? Enough of that rambling I know some of you would much rather hear about Lake Placid. 
I will post some pictures from this week when I am home. The weather has been cool - actually cold. I have been wearing every piece of warm clothing most of the week. High 60's pushing into the 70's has been the norm - oh and rain, rain and more rain. Not only have I been wearing all my clothes but every time I go out everything gets soaked (see picture of Gerald & Sarah from SC).
Today the weather cleared and the sun and light wind are drying everything out. The weather for race day promises to be beautiful - perfect race day conditions. This morning I packed all my transition bags and cleaned my bike and delivered everything to the transition area around 12:30. I was glad to have that all taken care of. The rest of the afternoon slipped away and now it is already time to start thinking about getting dinner ready (I am staying at my friends' home - Cindy & David). We will have a nice dinner together with Gerald (AKA - "G") and his wife Sarah who are staying here too.
The morning will come quickly with a 4:00 am wake-up call and a start time of 6:25 for the women pro athletes.
You can watch the race unfold online @ http://www.ironmanlive.com/
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