THE BOYS AT THE RUNNING ROOM THINK I'M HARDCORE

and by boys, i mean middle aged men.

"are you running 10K" - the other choice being 3k
"of course she's running 10K, she's a triathlete"

So I'm officially in taper mode now. i know i said that yesterday, but i just couldn't resist a longish workout today, plus i hadn't been to NIKE run club in awhile and I missed my group so i hit that up and enjoyed post run propel and granola bars before the pool.

I'm not really sure if I'm ready for this race or not. It's going to be intense for sure. 70.3 miles in under 7 hours (hopefully - jeez i just realized ppl do full ironmans in less than that!). but even if the race doesn't go smoothly i've had a great time training for it!

I started thinking about it last summer after competing in the Bridgetown Sprint Tri and watching the long course 1/2 ironmaners finish. When my dad and I picked out a race i started to train a lil more seriously.

I've had some great runs with the running room and Nike run club, Aimee's been out with me once and Evert has been good at pushing me til i'm about ready to crawl home. Peter's been my official ride buddy, seeing me through all my long rides - fun, racing, and crashing. and i've been pretty much on my own for the swim, which scares me since that's my weakest event, but i'll have a spiffy floaty 19 wetsuit for race day so at least it'll keep me afloat. i'm also renting a 19 hybrid-tri-road bike so hopefully i'll be speedy on the bike (well speedier than i am on my old Leader anyways). All that's left now is to sit on my bum and eat carbs til i'm ready to burst. i like this part of training :)