The countdown

Holy H&%$, S@#%, F*&^,

Yep, my mind is a sailor these days! How are you guys feeling?! Sorry it's been so long since I last wrote anything, but this summer has been crazy/really kind of awesome. But I can't wait until this beast is over and my life doesn't revolve around adapting my day to accomodate exercise. Lots of exercise. And perfect timing, too...teachers go back to school on the 30th so we have a 6 a.m. flight home. Think I can hide under my desk?

TAPER feels good. Although I was an idiot yesterday and after the run and swim, I stood up ALL day in the kitchen cooking/baking. What came over me? I don't know, but I was standing in the kitchen from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m....didn't sit down one time after the 1:40 run and 3000 swim. And my legs were killing me last night, man did they hurt! Which makes me nervous...I'm going to be using them a lot longer than that in 6 days. %^&%&**(

So here's the Wolfe plan: Jake, his dad, and I are driving down to Kentucky. We're leaving Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. and it will take about 12 hours (less than driving to Ohio!). So we'll get there by Wednesday night. Jake's dad has a hotel room so we're staying there W and Th. night. When are you guys coming in? I know Catherine comes in Thursday evening? Shef...Friday?? It looks like we should do our bike on Friday and then we can check our bikes. THere is a swim available on Saturday a.m. from 8-10 in the river that would be nice to check out before we take the brutal plunge on Sunday. So we'll meet up in Louisville, do the race debriefing, get our gear taken care of, and then shit our pants together. Who's bringing the butt cream?

PACKING. I want to get some of this packing done today and I'm completely overwhelmed. (Also, I can't pack tomorrow because I have an eye appt and then coaching from 3-6 and the eye appt is actually a follow-up from one I had on Saturday...apparently I had ulcers on my eyes?! No wonder they hurt. I'm not supposed to wear contacts for like a month. I said, "umm, but I'm doing this race..." so she said I can wear them on the bike. I won't see much on the run. :) )Anyway, PACKING?! I'm just going to bring a whole crapload of stuff and then can we sit down together and figure out what to put in to all the different "bags" we get?? Fantastic.

how are you guys feeling?

jboo

p.s. - Ashley - I'm so sorry to hear about your injury! That's awful! And I read your blog post twice...thank you so much for all the tips and we'll be thinking about you next week!

p.p.s. - Beth...taper starts soon for you, too! Less than a month away! But if you change your mind and want to try and sneak in in Kentucky, I'd love to see you again. :)