Melissa - Vain Triathlete

I wanted to share my adventure with you as I headed up to race the Timberman 70.3 in NH this past weekend. Kathy and I went up on Friday around 4 PM and checked into the Holiday Inn Express. Ahhhh. So nice to be in a clean, comfy hotel. Saturday was the highlight of the trip when we visited the Tilton Diner. They really know how to feed me. I continued my eating frenzy throughout the day consuming lots and lots of pretzels, and other carb laden foods. The night before the race I was able to have a really nice, albeit slow, dinner with friends from my local area in MA. Kelly, Mary, Andy, Linda, Kathy and I met up at the O'pechee Inn. We ate dinner at the O Steak House on Lake Opechee. A very beautiful lake in NH. It was great to finally see everyone and talk about the race. Saturday morning was spent trying out the bike and adjusting the seat. Something you never want to have to do the day before a race.  My seat had shifted a few days before for some unknown reason. Scary, bu...

I am looking forward to racing at Timberman. It will be interesting to see how I do considering how my training has gone. For one thing - I have probably missed one workout each week since January. It's just the way things are right now with my new commute. Did I mention I have lost 7.5 hours from my life now spent in a car? This used to be time spent training!  I think I did mention that before. Sorry for the redundancy but it's just so huge to me.  It's all going to be just fine. I feel that I am in good shape and quite frankly I am not all that concerned about having the best race of my life, I just want to have a good race!  I haven't raced since June. This is only my 2nd triathlon all season so I am chomping at the bit to get out there.  I see several other people racing while I train all weekend long.  It's time! I'm going up with Kelly, Linda, Mary, and we might even get to see coach Carrie. Fun fun fun!!!