I keep thinking of that Taco Bell commercial starring Joe Keery, a horror about nacho fries… and no, the scary part isn’t the upset tummy Taco Bell is bound to give you. The climax of the ad goes like this, the guy is haunted by nacho fries but he exclaims, “You don’t consume me, I CONSUME YOU!” Replace nacho fries with tomorrow’s triathlon and I’m that guy. The race has been consuming all of my thoughts.
The race is tomorrow and this whole week I’ve been a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. The nerves! I’m most anxious (or looking forward to the most?) the swim portion because that’s hopefully where I’ve improved a lot. I’ve also set goals for myself and I *think* they’re realistic. It’s a 600-yard swim I’d like to finish in 13:30, a 16-mile bike in 53:00 and a 5K run in 22:30. Accounting for 3:15 of transition time, that brings the total to 1:32:15. So naturally I’ve set my goal to finish under 1:30:00… as well as placing in the top 20 overall and top 3 of my age group. It’s hard to tell which of those could come true so I think that’s what my nerves are about. I don’t remember this level of anxiety in the last races and I’m not really liking it this time around, if I’m being totally honest. Now I know what that Taco Bell craving feels like. Thoughts of the race are keeping me up and night and I know that that isn’t good for my health… just like Taco Bell! 😜
Adding to the internal drama, an email to participants revealed that the water temperature is over 81° so wearing a wetsuit is at each racer’s own discretion. Oh great, telling an indecisive person to make another decision! Thankfully, I’ve joined a group of triathletes that have oodles more experience, talents, skills, knowledge than I do so maybe I’ll just do whatever they do.
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