Day 2 - One last swim.

Well, we're in the home stretch now. All items have been purchased. Training is officially done. Barring one more swim in Lake Washington this evening (leisurely), that's it until start time on Sunday.

Of course I'm nervous. I've never done anything like this. I've spent the last 4 years on and off learning to enjoy exercise in various ways, but this is kind of a test. My family has never been one that produced athletes. David played Rubgy, Paul fenced, my dad did run quite a bit, including the NYC Marathon, and now plays lots of golf, so I think we'd all have the capacity for something like this, but I think this is something different. Maybe I'm making it out to be more than what it is, but for me it's kind of a big deal.

My mother is flying in tomorrow and I'll be taking her to Bellevue to get the race packet, including getting my number written on me. Then I'll take my bike and helmet to be racked at the park. We'll have a nice carb-laden dinner, then I'll hit the hay super early and probably have a tough time sleeping. I'll try to blog before that, but if not, thanks for reading!

(I'm sure I'll post some stuff afterwards - thoughts, times, pictures - whatever.)