Hump Day

Well today is the Wednesday before my first triathlon. On Sunday I am competing in the Pigman Sprint Triathlon in Palo, IA. I am really looking forward to it. I took a spin on the old race course yesterday with Google Earth. I still plan on at least driving the course the night before so I am mentally ready for race day. I can’t put a number on it but I can tell you that it always wears me down faster not knowing how much further I have to go. Which is why I plan on driving the course. The course overall looks pretty flat. The swim is listed on the race website as 547 meters. I should be able to breeze through that pretty easily considering that my warm-up is always longer than that. The big course appears flat but it is really hard to tell on a satellite generated map whether or not there are any hills. The course goes out onto the road outside of the park area before eventually coming back into to finish where you started. The run course is entirely within in the park and is an out and back loop. If I could come through at 1:30 or faster I would feel pretty good about myself but my goal is 1:25. I know those times are slow but it is still early in the season and I hope to improve a great deal throughout the summer.