It's been a busy day with the biggest part being Jonnene's race in the River Cities Triathlon tomorrow. We've been getting her gear together and ready, got the Aussie flag on her bike and her helmet, and she's been hydrating like it's going out of style. We'll leave for the race site very early in the morning. I'll be a fan this go-around...taking pictures, cheering her on, getting her ready to "BRING IT AWN" as Russ would say. I'll let you know how it turns out.
I spent a bit of the early morning doing some time trial training. I guess I did alright at this time since I have six weeks before the district TT championships in LaPlace to prepare and make myself speedy. The air was muggy and dripping in humidity...wait, that was me dripping...all over the bike and myself. I did some sustained efforts and a few intervals. Probably got in 36 miles all told and I was worn out. Hopefully, doing some specific work on my time trialing in the coming weeks will bear some fruit. My only goal is to beat an hour for the 40K (24.8 miles) distance and I think this might be my best...and maybe only...year to do it. How I place in my age division is not a big deal to me but breaking that hour mark is. Somehow I feel that if I can accomplish that, I'll feel like all this bike racing has been worth it. If I don't, I'm not going to cry about it...that's bike racing. I could have a bad day in spite of the condition I'm in by that point. But I'll tell you...if I can do it, I'll be one happy puppy!
The Wife volunteered at the kids' triathlon while I was out riding in the country. She enjoyed the experience although it had its moments of terror as some of the total 275 kids would veer toward each other on their bikes or some other calamity. I heard a kid fell and broke his arm out there on the course but how can you prevent a kid from falling off his bike? Sometimes you can't...kids just do things like that.
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