Saturday, September 08, 2007

She's making her list and checking it twice...

I did an easy run today and mentally made my list for the tri. It got scrambled and I realized I needed to write it down. Here goes... Less than 24 hours now.

buy Gatorade
practice putting on socks and shoes
Get registration pack
put number on bike
Practice putting wetsuit in bag
Visualize race
Breathe
email photographer with each of our race numbers
Call coach to ask question about where to swim (or really to alleviate anxiety)
SLEEP
EAT breakfast at 5am
Be at T2 at 6:30am to set up
Be at T1 at 7am to set up
Warm up in water

Swim:
oil/body glide
swim cap
goggles-clean
number belt
river shoes
hang wetsuits to dry
Keep all 5 together-will wear these first thing in a.m.

Bike:
check air in bike tires-120psi
oil bike chain
tighten loose screws (but not the gear ones!)
check seat height
fit helmet
check if helmet is certified
check tool bag (wrench set, lipbalm, mini air pump, spare innertube)
tape opened berry Odwalla bar to bike
fill bike water canisters-freeze
test ride bike

Run:
wash running socks
wash tri top and bike shorts
put dry socks in shoes
charge MP3 player
headphones and affirmation card in MP3 packet
race number

Transition areas:
towel
helmet with sunglasses set correctly-T1
Gatorade at each T point
water at each T point
open Odwalla bar at each T point
race number at T2
MP3 at T2 with MP3 packet clip open
bags at T points

Oh I hope I didn't forget anything!

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