Ironman Texas (Page 81)

I have a scout camp this weekend to attend and my biggest fear is coming back with a case of poison something!!! I told the wife I will be the guy wearing the biohazard suit all weekend and that anyone feeling ill needs to report it immediately so that i can quarantine myself from said individual!  .... i found this the other day and thought it fit perfectly.... TAPER MADNESS!

1) Out of control phobia of germs. No infection, flu, or cold will stand between me and the starting line.

2) Self proclaimed expert meteorologist. I have withstood all temperatures, wind gusts, and precipitation  But now with weeks to go, I have my email, IM, and cell phone set up to provide up to the minute reports on the 3, 5, 7, and 14 day forecast for race day.

3) Race gear achieves honored status in every room of the house. Instead of being throw on the floor, in the laundry or stuffed in a bag, my chosen race gear is clean, folded and perched on a shelf, chair or other place of high honor a few days/weeks before the event. Family members are instructed not to touch it, move it or refold it. It has a purpose.

4) Any excursion will require a safety review. Someone casually mentions going out for a meal, drink, shopping, whatever, and I will have to do a mental scan of the route, the establishment, and company before deciding if it is worth the risk of a sprained ankle, chance of eating the wrong food, or picking up a stray germ. 

5) Feel any ache or pain of the tiniest degree and then worry about it to the greatest extreme. I have held off minor and major injuries throughout my training, but now in just a few days I have developed aches, pains, tweaks, and tight spots all in places I haven't before and in ways I haven't experienced before.

1 cage bottle with a 6 hour mix of accelerade and my 2 cell PD aero bottle up front. Catch fresh cold water at every aid station and then use the small cell on my aero bottle to mix water and accelerade. I can make it 2 stations on the water in the front cell so I figure if I miss one I can catch up at the next station. Then its Gels and powerbars for nutrition .. still havent decided about special needs but maybe 2 hour bottle of accelerade just in case something goes wrong out on the course and some different nutrition in case I want it.

Ugh...double post again!

But, edited to add that this weekend I am actually going to pack up my clothes and nutrition.  Not that I have not had it all sitting out in a a kind of shrine I have created

Can you believe we are here!

As for the swim, I plan on getting there as soon as they open.  Was it 8 or 9, don't remember

Dude...whoever wrote that must be following me around.

Anyone see this? Are you kidding me?

http://www.accuweather.com/us/tx/spring/77373/forecast-month.asp?view=table

dodgersmom - 2011-05-11 7:44 AM

bgottfried1848 - 2011-05-11 7:30 AM

Dude...whoever wrote that must be following me around.

Anyone see this? Are you kidding me?

http://www.accuweather.com/us/tx/spring/77373/forecast-month.asp?view=table

 

We have to look at the positives....

This forecast has changed every day since last Saturday.  It will continue to change

Temps - 88 is much better than 98

24% chance of thunderstorms means there is a better chance we will not have them than we will

6 hours of perciptation means I will be dry for almost 1/3 of my race

Max UV index of 4 means sunburn will not be a big issue

And do I really need to address 6 mph winds!

At this point we all need to take the lemons and make well...lemon flovored Ironman Perform!!

Love it! hahaha ... especially after training in what seemed to be non stop 30mph winds for 3 months straight!

prove it.

saw em all on my run this morning. I'll swing by and take a few pics if I have time today.

I could be getting a wee bit nervous

You guys are getting close..enjoy your taper and pre race excitement.

In the past someone has made a list of all BTers doing an IM with bib numbers, real names, goals, what IM # it is for them, and either makes a spreadsheet to post or newer idea to use a google document that allows others to update it as race goes along.

Anyone plan on making up a list?

nervous is an understatement for me.  I think that i'm going to have a panic attack before the race gets here.  I can't get anything done at work, this is all that runs through my head.