Final Countdown!

Well... 4 days to go and I'm getting a bit bored of waiting now! With the reduction in training hours, I'm feeling great with more energy. I'm ready to race but it's taking ages to get here! Also, if the race was here quicker it would be less time constantly changing between panic and excitment.

The planning is well underway, I've read the race report and planned my saturday in Nottingham, racking my bike and packing my transition bags. It's all a bit different to what I'm used to. Normally on race morning you rack your bike and then pile your stuff next to it ready for the transition change overs. In the long distance race the bikes are racked seperately, and transition is done in a large tent where instead of having a pile of your change over clothes etc. you have have 3 bags, one for after the race, one for change from swim to bike and one from bike to run. It's a bit different but seems pretty straight forward.

For the last week I have also been checking the weather compulsively. Trying to figure out if it will be wet or dry, windy or still, warm or cold. It's obviously nothing I can predict (neither can the weather wetsites it seems) but I am still praying forthe perfect conditions... along with all the other races and probably spectators too. I've told myself I need to prepare for all conditions... then I wont have any surprises. But I can still pray!!

Another add on to the nerves seems to be every slight twinge, or tightness in my legs is sending me into panic! I have trained hours and hours for months now and not had anything really troubling, and any of these twinges I have just ran through and survived... but when out on a steady run last night my calf twinged I instantly thought I was in trouble. Obviously it turned out to be nothing at all.

So, it's the final countdown to the day. Next post should be the post race post, unless I can think of something interesting to write in between.

Sponsorship is going great now. I have had some generous donations from people who don't know me again! Which is great! It amazes me to be honest, thank you all!

Link is still available to make sponsorships if you wish to.

Until next time!...