Closer...

Two days until the race.
I'm getting excited. I think the water is going to be a little cold. I'm kind of a pansy with cold water. Messes up the breathing. It's been in the 50s in the mornings this week.
I have two different weather apps on my phone. One says it'll be 64 degrees at 7am on Saturday morning, the other says 72.
I dunno.
I'm going to bring my wetsuit, but it is a hinderance that could easily add 5 minutes to my overall time. If at ALL possible, I'm going in without it.

I finally got my bib number: 103
Cool.






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Race Timing

Man.
I may have made a wee little mistake. I went to the gym yesterday afternoon and worked out arms. Those darn skull-crushers have my triceps really sore. I think it affected my swim... at least the way I FELT.
The swim itself went very well. I'm trying to figure out the best warm up before the race.
Go hard and fast for 300 meters or so, then get the heart rate back down before the 500 meter all-out swim,
Or
Go nice and easy for 400-500meters before going all out on the swim?
I think the latter is the way to go.
I've done the fast warm up, and my 500meter race tine was 8:28, which is AWESOME... except for one thing: I miscounted my laps. I only swam 450 meters...
That HAS to be the case because today I did the slow warm up and made SURE I got the full 500 meters in for a time of 8:52.
Now, that may seem slower than my other time, but it is, in fact, faster. It means I added 50 meters, but only added 34 seconds. That is VERY good.
I compared my time to race times from last year and it looks like 8:52 would fall somewhere around the top 10%.
I'd be happy with that. Heck, I might improve if this soreness goes away.
Fingers crossed...



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Hmm.

Where I spent a good portion of today... Rearranging then playing.







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All Things Work, But Not All Things Work

I have a car that I haven't driven in a while.
A long while.

It's still a nice car, an Infiniti I30t, but it has a lot of miles so we drive the Jeep and our SUV.

I decided to run it for a bit today since it had been almost a month since I last started it.
No joy. The battery was completely dead. So I got the jumper cables and used the SUV to jump it. Worked like a charm, so I drove it to the gas station near the Walmart to fuel it up.
My plan was to leave it running while I pumped, but for some reason, it stalled and absolutely would not crank again.
Soooo I call Amy to bring the SUV and cables so I can jump it again. She can't find her keys... because I have her keys... AND my keys. So I tell her to get the spare Jeep key out of my backpack. No problem, except the SUV is blocking the Jeep in the garage. There are no spare SUV keys.
So, I walk to the Walmart an buy some jumper cables, walk back to the gas station and start asking people for a jump.
No luck until a wrecker pulls up and helps me out.
STILL no luck, it still doesn't have enough power to crank. After looking at the battery, I see that it has a three year warranty and that doesn't run out until August. Great!!
I borrow a crescent wrench, take out the battery, put it in a shopping cart, and make my way back to the Walmart.
They exchange the battery without a receipt, almost without question. That's pretty cool because it's a $100 battery.
I wheel the new battery back to the car, drop it in, hand tighten the cables and I was off.

It seemed like everything was working against me, but in the end, everything worked out fine, AND I got a free battery out of it.

I'm tired.
The End



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OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD!

OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD!

Anything else I had to say today can wait.


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