1 hr 10 min going up Bear Mtn. trail with family. Wonderful view of Cranberry Lake at the top!. I went back down the way we came (longer trail) while Rob took the kids down the shorter side. I met them with the car at their end. It took me 25 min by myself. I ran at least half of it - good recovery run! I felt good.

I'm BAAAAACK!!!

Race went well. I teeter between being proud of myself for doing it and doing fairly well, and being a little disappointed in things, mainly my biking performance.

I managed to shake the "hardware monkey" off my back, which overall is a good thing, but, hey, who am I kidding? Who doesn't like to get them?!?! Their AG thing was weird, though: 20-39. I don't know what my performance was in the normal age grouping of 30-34. (Don't you kind of think a 20 yr old has a bit of an advantage over a 39 yr old? Nothing against 39 yr olds.....)

Anyway, really no big deal at all. Against maybe some people's beliefs, I don't do this to get hardware. (But, god dammit, next time I'm bringin' somethin' home! ) OMG, did I just say "next time"???

Now this is screwy: It's billed as a 20.6, the results say 19, my bike said 21, and the finishers medal says 24.8...
20.6 is what I'm saying.

I'm the most proud of my run performance. It's only my 2nd 10K, and really the first one to give me an idea of what I can do (the other was a crazy trail run in Mendon Ponds).

The official results say it's .5 miles, not .6, but it's been billed as a .6, so that's my story and I'm stickin' to it! :)

T1: 2:33
T2: 1:24

Didn't take HR monitor, didn't take bike computer. Just wanted to ride (but evidently NOT on the canal - the bugs were so thick I couldn't get off of it fast enough!)

My goal for this ride was to try to eat Cliff Shot Blocks on the bike. You think I would have tried this kind of thing BEFORE 3 days before a race?!?! Anyway, they are difficult to eat on the bike.

I think my plan right now is to eat a package before the swim and during the run. I'll take a dreaded Powerbar vanilla gel during the bike portion. I'm worried about hydration - my bike only has room for one water bottle. Oh well. That's one reason I'm slow in transitions. I take several drinks from an extra bottle with some drink mix in it. That's probably what I'll do again. The shot blocks aren't bad at all, but they definitely make you WANT to drink water (very tart).

(Bike Base
Endurance
30
Ride on a flat course, just spinning easy. Keep HR in Zone 1-2, no higher than mid Z2.)

At 11:30 last night I was walking up the stairs wondering why my toe was hurting. Come to discover I have a big cut on the bottom of my middle toe on my right foot!! I knew I had slipped up on some rocks at the lake last night, but I didn't realize I had cut my toe until almost 4 hours later!

Some Neosporin and a Strawberry Shortcake bandaid better heal this thing before Saturday....

uugghhh....There's nothing like sitting in the DMV for 1 1/2+ hours with 2 kids...

OWS at Canandaigua Lake tonight with dexter and kenj. Also met up with maramdaddy and jamjam. It was a lot of fun! Didn't go too far or too long. Want to get this taper thing right! Played in the water and sand with the family afterwards. Water temp was warm, didn't really need the wetsuit.

~230 feet of climbing
Made it out after dinner. Nice evening ride to a road I'd like to explore further on another day. Nice rolling hills, but nothing too steep.

(Big Gear
Power
40
WU: 10'
MS: 8x1 minute sprint, with 2' recovery.
CD: 5')

I've mapped out the 1/2 Tinman route on the BT route tracker.  It says ~643' of climbing.  I've done many rides with more than that, so I'm feeling somewhat prepared for it.  I'm sure most of the climb comes in the first 10 miles and the rest is downhill, but that would be great for the run anyway.  I want to average 17 mph for the bike, 8:30 for the run, and be done with the swim in under 19 minutes.  I think these are all goals that are doable.  Unless it's 90 degrees on Saturday.

I've actually started feeling excited about this today!  Still nervous, but in an excited way!