Almost Race Day

Finally, race day is tomorrow. I've come to the conclusion that I don't like racing. Well maybe more accurately, I don't like tapering. This morning, I drove 20 minutes to meet the rest of the guys for a run. Sounds like a nice start to the day right? Well about 15 minutes into the run, I had to turn around and go home so I'm rested for tomorrow. I really would have liked to keep running. I'm sure I missed some great laughs. MD seemed like he was going to be real funny today. I could sense it. GS let out an early zinger too. Oh well, I guess I'll spend my afternoon trying to low ball some poor sucker on e-bay into selling me some sweet bike parts. So far I've bid $375 on a set of Zipp 404s and $1,450 for a 2008 Ridley Supercross, a pair of Reynolds Carbon Mountain Bike Wheels, and purchased Cyclocross Magazine. Internet shopping is not only convenient, it helps entertain me when I am bored.
(Note: I had one to many zeros on the Ridley yesterday. $14,500 is a little much to spend on a used bicycle. That's too much to spend on a new one too.)

After the half marathon, I'm ready to get back to some longer runs and on the bike. I went out and watched some Cyclocross this week so maybe I'll start looking into that too. I also cleaned up my mountain bike. I'll try to get on that next week. OK, race prediction....1:27 but who knows. Anything can happen. If you are out there I'll be wearing the following:





I'll probably be wearing shorts and a shirt as well just so I don't create scene.

Stats
Monday: 5 mile run
Tuesday: 4 mile run
Wednesday: Rest Day
Thursday: 6 mile run (track 4 x 800)
Friday Rest: 1200 yard swim
Saturday: 3 mile run