One week out.  Taper is scary.  Hard to do short, ez workouts.  Constantly fearing the fitness is slipping away.  Just have to trust the system, the one that says you've been building for 9 months and now you rest for 2 weeks...Luckily, having done a couple of long distance tri's, this is not a new fear.  This is one small example of the discipline, to NOT go long no matter how bad I'm wanting to.  This week has been filled with a couple 45 minute bikes with some accels, a couple of 30 minute runs, and a couple of swims.  I'll do the group ride Saturday, maybe Sunday, and next week the stuff will be shorter than this week.

Did some practice packing the truck.  I think we can get everything in one car, with plenty of room in the double cab for the drivers.  Will finish picking up goodies this weekend, oddball things like Uncrustable PB&J's, soups, potatos, chips.  Trying to get as much stuff pre-made so that we aren't bombarded with things-to-do on Wednesday and Thursday (cuz, I still have a job to do at work, too). 

Big storm rolled thru last night.  Got me thinking.  A storm during the day is one thing, but at 3am on dark, foreign roads could really slow things down.  And...moving on...that's the type of thing we can't control, so I'm not giving it anymore energy than that brief wondering.

And finally...its pretty evident that the day is nearing.  Lots of concerned friends and family out there.  Funny stuff, tho.  Love that Kim, but she's praying that I endure long and violent vomitting, thus forcing a medical emergency that will cease the efforts early.  And, then there's Joanie...she's suggesting to my wife that it might be wise to push me down the stairs, hopefully breaking an ankle, and thus, ending this whole thing before it begins.  Yep, that's my mother-in-law!

It will be an adventure, a journey.  One hurdle at a time.  EZ pace will keep the engine cool, cooling techniques are in place, nutrition is in place (predictable, at least up to the 17hr mark), got plans for the dark.  And, of course, there are some unknowns that we just won't know about until we reach them.

More soon.
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