Ready to race.

I think I am pretty much ready to do this triathlon this weekend. These races take a lot of planning and expense to get to them. (you have to take time off work; book a place to stay; pay hefty entry fees etc...) You have to tell yourself to remember to enjoy it and set realistic goals. I have a goal for this race but I am not going to publicly express it for fear of jinxing it. (It is good to have plan B and Plan C goals as well. If it is a really hot day; a really windy day or you have equipment problems, your plan A goal goes out the window.) If I achieve my plan A goal, I would do pretty well in my age group.

I plan to leave early Friday morning and get down to New Hampshire early in the evening. I am staying at the same place where I have stayed twice before. Saturday, I will register for the race; maybe do some triathlon shopping at the race site and take part in some pre-race activities like the dinner. Sunday is race day. My friend, Greg Smith is coming up from Boston for part of the weekend.

Yesterday, I swam about 2700 m (out of the 3200 I was supposed to do). After work I did about 40 minutes of speed and running drills in Victoria Park before going to teach at UPEI. My day job as a lawyer has been crazy busy the past few weeks as this is my busy time of year for real estate transactions. Today I am going biking for about 90 minutes.