Race week....let the anticipation begin....

Less than 7 days until Half Ironman Galveston. For everyone keeping score, this will be my third Half Ironman distance triathlon. This is also the course I did my very first Half Ironman on as well which makes this race even more exciting for me.

But before we get to race day, I have to make it through race week. The crazy thing about race week is, at least for me, I love it and hate it all at the same time.

I love race week because I have put all the work in, now its time to relax a little bit and make sure I make it to the starting line fully healthy and fully recovered from the months of hard workouts. I love it because there is nothing quite like the feeling of going through pre-race registration, sizing up your competition, and checking your bike and getting your gear ready the day before.

I hate race week because of the anticipation. Because its race week, you don't go through the normal workouts that take up so much of your time. You don't put forth the intensity in your workouts because you don't want to wear yourself out. So you go from putting in miles and miles in the pool, and on the bike, and running, to barely doing anything at all. It can be quite the shock but also very necessary.

So here we are....race week. The last of the big workouts are done. My bike goes into the shop tomorrow morning for its final tune up. I will do a couple light swims Wednesday and Friday morning and a light jog on Thursday to stay loose, and then try to stay off my legs as much as I can on Saturday.

Sunday morning as the sun comes up over the palm trees the anticipation will be over and it will finally be race day.