I am SO excited. We have had a day and a half here so far and I could not be more excited about #1 how I am feeling physically for the race and #2 the race venue.
Our first afternoon here I was scheduled to do a short run. I headed out just a few minutes before sundown (couldn't tear myself away from the beach any earlier!) and ran down the road toward downtown. It is humid, there is no getting around that, but the breeze is nice and makes the temperature along with the high humidity bearable. I felt strong and comfortable.
Yesterday I had a 45 minute swim and a 50 minute bike. Wow. The swim is going to go by so fast with the incredible view that we have here. Absolutely beautiful. The salt water makes swimming so much easier. There is a noticeable current, but we will have it at our backs for part of the time, so it should all even out. I take in a decent amount of water when I swim, so when I finished, my tongue was dried up like a piece of jerky. It was pretty funny. I could not wet my mouth to save my life. I will have to drink a lot of water when I get to T1.
I had a nice ride down to Chankanaab Park and back; I am glad the bike course does not go down the main street through downtown because it is a concrete road with decorations stamped in it and it is worse than any chip seal I have ever ridden on. That ends and you are on soft paved roads heading out of town down to the park and on to the South of the island. I don't think I will ride a full circle, but I will check it out either in a car or on a scooter.
I will ride again this morning with a fellow racer that we met here at our hotel. There are many athletes here; it is neat to see so many bikers and runners; lots of great stories, too!
So far, so good. I could not be more encouraged!
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