Well, my roadbike was packed in the truck and is now currently headed west on I-70 towards California. It got new tires, a new chain, and a fine tune-up from the guys over at Campus Cycles before it hit the road. My parents decided to take a week-long road trip through Yellowstone on their way to Sonoma, so they have graciously offered to transport the bikes for me and Jeremy. Our final ride was to and from Chatfiled State Park on Saturday morning with an open water swim in between. I’m still feeling good on the bike and in the water.

This countdown to race day is affecting me strangely at this point. Since I am only 5 days away, I will only do a light swim tomorrow and a 5K run on Wednesday. The rest of my week is simply R-E-S-T. It is leaving me very anxious to get this over with. I feel like I should be out running 12 miles or biking 50, but I have to stay still and just wait for the clock to tick down. I’m nervous and anxious, yet excited and confident all at the same time. On top of that, I turn 40 on Friday, which kicks in a whole other set of emotions.

Even though I have a lot of mental preparation still left to do, I’m so ready to just get on that plane and “DO THIS”.

More daily ramblings to come…