Let the Summer of Adventure Begin!
Well, the summer adventure has officially begun!
I left Madison yesterday, Wednesday, at 7:05pm and then had one lay-over in Chicago. Apparently, when there is bad weather in Iowa, it affects the take-off of planes in O’Hare so badly that we got to sit on the runway for over 2hours after being delayed in the airport from boarding for 45min…it was a mess. In the end I didn’t get into Denver until well after midnight and I still had a 45min drive to my place for the next 6 days.
I am now in Golden, CO staying with my coach and getting ready for the BAM Triathlon in Midway, Utah on Saturday. It’s a pretty fast course, but it is in the mountains and that means the lake is freezing cold (something like 50 degrees was the last reading). So, at least I will not have to worry about another Mexico type heat-stroke J There are a total of 14 PROs registered last time I checked, so the first wave, which we are in, will be pretty small. However, as is common among PROs, many athletes that are planning to race in the PRO ranks will not sign up until the last possible minute.
Tonight will be the first of what looks to be many summer races. It isn’t a triathlon, but rather a Stroke and Stride, or more aptly, a swim and run. The swim is 1500m long and the run was a quick 5K right out of the water. Seeing as the race is in Boulder, CO it is hard to say what the field will look like. Boulder is home to many professional athletes of all disciplines from triathlon to cycling to running. It could be a low-key race or one containing 20+ PROs looking to blow the evening’s race wide open. Either way, it should be a fun way to kick off the summer of traveling and racing.
Well, I’ll keep this one short as we getting ready to drive up to Boulder and then we’ll be on the road to Utah at 5am tomorrow. I’ll be sending out a race-report on Sunday sometime to fill everyone in on the Triathlon and the Stroke and Stride.
Enjoy and stay in touch!