Arizona Day 2

well, here we are, day two of our interesting ironman arizona "vacation". day one, as previously stated, was filled with cleaning, organizing, unpacking, registering, grocery shopping, dinner making, more cleaning, and then the motivational GI Jane to put us to sleep.

this morning we all got up, had some breakfast and coffee and headed down to the water at Tempe Town Lake. (this isn't really a lake btw). the water was colder than i expected and choppier than i expected due to the fast winds blowing through this morning. hopefully lea is right, and these winds are just blowing in the cool air for me on sunday. she has also reassured me that there won't be any more wind sunday as the cool air will already be blown in. :) thanks lea.

as i entered the water this morning i had second thoughts about wearing my sleeveless wetsuit, as it felt REALLY cold, but once i got warmed up a bit, i think it is going to be perfect. i'm not looking forward to the madness of the swim sunday, but am looking forward to the one loop swim. hopefully i will be able to find clear water and i won't have to battle people the entire time as i did in coeur d'alene.

today i got my bike out and put my new hydration system on the back. it took me about an hour with the lovely assistance of mr. scott, who always has the perfect tools for me. i typically just try and do all bike maintenance with my multi-tool i carry on my bike (that doesn't work for most things fyi). my bike rode nicely on my little "trial ride" and my hydration system definately looks fast! :)

mentally i've been pretty relaxed. my body is getting antsy. the swim and a short jog helped me feel better and relax a little bit. the pre-race anxiety is like nothing else and i'm mostly worried about that TERRIBLE feeling of anxiety on race morning more than anything else. :) well, i have to go shower to get ready for the athelete pasta dinner tonight!! thanks for checking in, i will try to post again tomorrow!! :)