Been Here Before

Focus

Early

Be encouraged!

Your fans are gathering once again to cheer you on!

Calm Before

It is quiet, too quiet.

Check In

Check in line.

Good Luck

Hope this doesn't happen to you on Saturday! -Katherine

A Pretty Nice Little Saturday

Strength Gain

Whatever special Chinese jet fuel I tried to sneak into my system, it didn't work. I spent yesterday getting back to neutral and am gaining strength back quickly. I have never had anything like that happen before, basically having eaten a bomb. Definitely not something I would wish for on race week, but if it is going to happen Sunday - 5 days til race day - was the best day for it.

I signed up for this race expecting some barfing, just probably not pre-race barfing.

Barfy

One thing you don't want less than a week away from race day is to be barfing a lot. I am barfing a lot. I am fairly certain it was something I ate, Hell hot spicy Chinese take out is at the top of my suspect list. The good news is I feel a ton better without all that in my stomach, I just hope that is it.

Not too many Sunday's you can be barfing a bunch and think 'I feel terrible' knowing that the next Sunday you are going to feel much much worse.

We'll Meet Again...

Bye bye bike see you in Panama City.

BEAR V BOT

Anything can happen in the water.

The Bear's a better biker.

The Bot's a better runner.

In a perfect world they would cross the finish line hand in hand... 

It's not a perfect world.

12 Days...

I feel more prepared mentally than I did the first time, having a sense of what is to come helps. Physically, I don't feel as ready as I did the first go around, but my body is very differently tuned. This race is all about knowing you are in pain and somehow moving forward through that. My body is a little hesitant, my mind can't wait.

Rockin Around The Christmas Tree

Saturday I did my last big day of training before I attempt the Ironman again - 4 hour bike, 2 hour run. It does seem a bit short when compared to what it is I am training for. There's only one way to see if my training is enough, and that test will come in 2 weeks. Sure I could have spent 7 hours on my bike and then ran 5 hours, all after spending an hour in the pool swimming around, but there wouldn't have been a crowd watching, cheering and no finisher's shirt and medal if I even did do it all.

A big question I am asked is what do you think about the whole time training? Random stuff. This past run I couldn't get Rockin Around The Christmas Tree out of my head.

Modifications

It is a little bit funny that my bike up until this point has had 1 water bottle holder. I am preparing for battle. Now I have 3.