1449

My race # is 1449. Hopefully this sounds like an auspicious number?

Phew! Nothing like checking in for a race with 2000 of your closest friends. Registration for last names from A to M began at 10:30, just a little while before I got there.

Transition opened at 11:00 and by that point I had picked up my numbers, timing chip, shirt, etc and was ready to cruise for a spot. We're racked by age group, but I was the first one to get a spot in W30-34. I got something perfect, right on the end of a row where I can't miss it.

Then I had to wait until 1:00 for the athlete briefing. So I went back and forth to the car putting gear away and then fetching water several times. I shopped (brand new Vineman running visor, Vineman running shirt, Vineman bike jersey, and sunglasses - because I forgot mine at the cottage). I ate (pesto pasta salad). I looked at my spot in transition about five times. I played Tetris on my cellphone for 20 minutes. And finally, the meeting!

Meeting highlights: *The water is 72 degrees. Wetsuit, bay-bee! *I must try not to crash and kill myself at the hard right downhill 5 miles into the bike ride. *Don't pee anywhere along the course except the portajohns (how does this affect the people who pee WHILE biking?). That's about all I picked up...

Now to put race number stickers on everything I own and finish getting things ready for tomorrow...