Day 3: Anxiety Strikes

day three is here. there are a lot of good things about day three, for example, day three means race day is tomorrow, it means my bike and transition gear is all sitting at the race site ready for me. it means my family and brett are in town and pumped. it means i got lots of phone calls and emails with well wishes today (thanks Llanos family!!) it means i have an excuse to sit still and "relax". it means i get to eat a lot for dinner tonight.

day three has some negative attributes though, unfortunately. day three also brings with it the fact that i had to spend hours today getting my bike and transition bags ready, i narrowly escaped a few anxiety attacks during this process. luckily scott decided to play "baby got back" and my dancing/rapping really helped calmed me down. day three means i probably won't sleep well tonight. it means i have to drink a ton (i can't even count how many time's i've peed today). it means i have to wake up around 4am tomorrow. it also means i have to race for approximately 12.5-13 (hopefully) hours tomorrow.

i'm going to be tired, plain and simple. i did, however, remember to buy top-ramen this year....as i cried last year because i didn't have any after the race and that is (of course) ALL that sounded good. i have my zoot compression tights on and my feet are up as we speak.

the race should be great!! it looks like there will be a high of 80ish degrees....warm but not anything i can't handle. on the bike 80's not too bad actually, and i will probably start my run around 3:30pm so i will only run in the heat (as the sun goes down at 5:22pm and it gets coooool then) for a couple of hours. no big. the bike course is 3 loops so about 37 miles each, so i get to see all my fans a bunch through out the day. my mom said, "so you go about 20 mph?". if you round up, yes. :) no mom, about 16-18 mph so each lap should take me just over 2 hours.

i'm honestly so excited for them to watch the swim start. it is sooooo beautiful right at sunrise waching the 2,000 swimmers in the glass-like water (i'm hoping glass-like, ok?) all start swimming at the same time. there is a picture perfect view from the bridge we start under, i told them to get there early to watch me start from up there!

i have my pink running dress ready!! agh. we are required to wear reflective gear on our run clothes in case we are finishing in the dark (which will be me). i cut little hearts out of my reflective tape and put them on the back of my dress. hey, if i have to be reflective i want to be cute too! ;)

i guess that is it. i'm just going to chill out tonight, maybe watch some inspirational movies. :) eat some great pasta..............and then before i know it it will be game time and i'll be choking down my oatmeal. :) can't wait to tell you guys about it!! thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!!!