I got so much awesome stuff!!!

LOOK! PEDALS! I CAN RACE IN THE SPRING!!!

I got so much awesome stuff!!!

LOOK! PEDALS! I CAN RACE IN THE SPRING!!!

There is so much gear here, and I want it ALL!

But I refuse to buy it until after I finish.
I feel like wearing the gear from a race you haven’t done is icky, and I don’t know why, but buying the gear before I finish spooks me.
I did get one shirt with my name on the back, though.

On the road again!

Doing homework to pass the time. 

I do not like car rides. 

I love how much confidence people have in me.

Me: Yeah I'm busy all the weekends this month
Mom: What could possibly keep you that busy?
Me: Well. School. And at the end of the month I'm racing.
Mom: When is your Augusta-thingy?
Me: ... At the end of the month. Sept 30.
Mom: What? Is that your half or whatever?
Me: Yup.
Mom: Are you ready for that? There's no way you're ready for that!
Me: I'm more than ready! I've been working out pretty much an hour a half minimum EVERY day!
Mom: So you sure you're ready?
Me: Until school started I've been swimming three days a week-two currently. I run two to three times a week. I bike five times a week minimum. I weight train two to three times a week. Yes. I think I'm ready.
Mom: I guess so.
Me: ...

OH MY GOD LESS THAN 30 DAYS UNTIL AUGUSTA

 PANIC MODE!

Not really. But I’m starting to stress…..

I just hope everything goes well.

My last race I really threw. I was psyched out mentally, and I was too tight before the swim, and the run was just unpleasant…

And yet I still cut time. 

Who knows how these things work.

Fingers crossed for 5.5 hours!

Now to go workout….

Confession time.

I really, really, really want to get Augusta done in 5.5 hours.

The swim is all down river, so I’m hoping that will be fast.

I just averaged 19mph in my super hilly bike course, so I’m hoping to avg near 20 on this race.

The run I think I should do OK. I’ve dropped 15 seconds off my mile pace since my last half marathon….

So maybe, maybe, MAYBE, I can break 5:30:00

I know it’s really ambitious… but…

I want to do it, so badly. 

I think the thing that amuses me the most about registering for my 70.3 is the ‘Reason for registering’ question.

I put ‘Because I’m not crazy enough for a 140.6….yet’

I wonder how often they get that crap?

Also…

All those interesting facts/ biggest personal achievement questions that are required are VERY hard for boring people like me. :<