Last post before we leave! And that title is moderately misleading. Our flight isn't until 6:35pm tomorrow. I will be at work until lunch tomorrow. So it doesn't REALLY feel like it's here yet. But it nearly is!

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We are getting tantalizingly, terrifyingly close to the beginning of our bike tour! The perfect time for a dry run, and Easter Hill Country Tour weekend was the perfect opportunity for a dry run.

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When people have asked what I'm training for this year, Easter Hill Country Tour has been the only answer I had. Not so much "training for" as "trying to make sure I don't die out there ( Read more... )

Overall assessment: Fun!

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Gotta do one half Ironman before doing an Ironman, right? Ideally, anyway. And Kerrville came at the right time, 5 weeks before Ironman Florida. Perfect time to do a fitness assessment and some race practice.

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Last race of my 2012 tri season! I had no idea what to expect. I hadn't really trained much or consistently since Ironman Mont-Tremblant, so.. I was well-rested? Or under-trained. Or something. It could either be that I had a ton of base fitness built up and would just mosey my way into a PR, or it could be that I would find I was horribly burnt ( Read more... )

I've done the EHCT for the past two years, but both times I just drove down on Saturday and rode that day, then drove home the same day. This year we decided to do all three days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I'd never ridden more than 2 days in a row before, and not only would this be 3 days, but I also rode for 75 minutes on my trainer on ( Read more... )

Oops. A little late on this one, but through the magic of BackDating, it will appear to have been written on the actual ride date!

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