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United States
Excel Events & Productions LLC
70F / 21C
Sunny
Overall Rank = 409/775
Age Group = Female 45-49
Age Group Rank = 6/21
Saturday March 14th: We (My Buddy and me) woke-up at 8:00 am...got a good/full breakfast like every Saturday: Orange Juice, eggs, toasted bagels, with cream cheese and slices of turkey and brie on top, coffee w/milk and our usual packages of multi-vitamins/minerals, Glucosamine, Amino 1500 and CO Q-10.
9:00 am: Washed (wiped)/lubed/tuned our bikes....and Prepared/packed all our Race stuff...
11:30 am: Loaded our bikes in the car...
12:00 pm: Leave from home to Key Biscayne to pick-up our Race Packages and for the Mandatory Bike check-in...
We got our Race packages...also a green wristband to use during the Race and to get acces to Transition Area...and...our timing chips...ahhh!!! and a cool jersey...!!!
My Buddy got the Bid# 589/ light blue cap and me the Bid# 803/purple cap (finally other/different color from the usual pink).
Put Bid#'s in our bike and took them to Transitions Area...It was a long huge Transiton...there were 3 long bike racks...and...it was already very crowd with all the bikes...
We placed our bikes in our respectives places...
And the only thing that came to my mind was..."Holy Cow...How I'm going to find my bike in this mess tomorrow during the Race???"
After that we went to check the Expo...my Buddy needed an Aero bracket for his new bike...to put his AeroBottle...cuz the AeroBars were too wide...He found the last one...Lucky him!!!...then he got a new pair of goggles and I got a new Zoot Tri Short. We went again to Transition to install the Aerobracket in his bike...
After that we went to get a full lunch/dinner in our favorite Italian Restaurant "Di Napoli"...My Buddy ordered Linguinis with Seafood and me...Fettuchini Alfredo with shrimps...and...we ordered a jumbo size Pizza for next day...
Got home around 5:00 pm...and...prepared all our beverages for the Race and placed them in the fridge/refrigerator...put our Bid#'s in our helmets and belts...
At 8:00 pm...took my usual green tea and went to bed to watch some TV till 9:00 pm...when my Buddy joined me...turn off TV and lights and ZZZzzzzzzz
Sunday March 15th:
Woke-up at 4:45 am...Got dressed and put our timing chips in our left ankle...Took our Pre-Race breakfast: My Buddy took orange juice, a toasted waffle with peanut butter and coffee, for me my OJ and my usual Super-Soy Protein Shake (chocolate/coffee)...and...both took our usual packages of multi-vitamisn/minerals, Glucosamine, Amino 1500 and CO Q-10.
We took our coolers with beverages and bags and left from home at 5:25 am...
Got at Key Biscayne at 6:00 am...and...took us around 10 minutes to park the car cuz long lines...
Got our bodymarked and went to Transtions Area to set-up all our stuff...the TA was a completyy mess...super crowd...and the first thing that I took out of my bag was a big green towel and put it under my bike in that way I would find my bike after the swimming and my place after the bike...put the AeroBottle with Accelerade into the bracket over the Aerobars...helmet/sunglasses over my handle bar...biking/running shoes, my hat, my Fuelbelt with Bid#, my CamelBack and a frozen bottle of water over the green towel under my front wheel...
Took my bag and cooler to the side of TA...did sit over the cooler...relax, closed eyes and did a visualization of the Race...then...put bodyglide over my right side of my neck and put my wet-suit...I took a PowerBar Energy Gel (Raspberry Cream) with water/Accelerade and 2 Endurolites...
At 6:40 am the Race Dirctor were announcing that everybody had to leave TA to the Swiiming Area...
I took my cap, goggles and wax ear-plugs and headed to the Swimming Area...
At the Swimming Area...I tryed to find my Buddy but I couldn't...it was like find a needle in the hay...LOL...I saw him again after the Race...LOL
Put my wax ear-plugs, cap and googles and jumped into the water...the water temp. was in 75oF...a little chilly at the first moment but just when I started to swim I was warmed-up...did swim maybe 100 mts and got back to shore cuz they were calling everybody out of water...
At 6:50 am the National Anthem and in time at 7:00 am started the first wave with the Pro Males followed after 2 minutes with the 2nd wave the Pro Females...and the rest of the waves every 4 minutes...
My wave was the #5 at 7:14 am: the Age Group - Female 40+, Athena & Male 19 & under...and my Buddy wave was the #6 at 7:18 am: the Age Group - Male 50+...