5.5.16 Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Enjoy your treats! Sounds like you've "earned" them already! Not much festivity here. I do have a few Hispanic colleagues (and Anglos from New Mexico) who are throwing a party this weekend, but I will be otherwise occupied.

Heading off to Danang for tomorrow and I have yet to do the final obsessive checklist thing. Not sure I have the alertness/energy to do it tonight. I usually wake up about 5 no matter what so maybe should just go to bed and deal with it in the morning. Taper madness has truly set in--I woke up five times last night wondering, "Were my pedals in the bike box before we taped it shut?" Now I am about to cut it open, check, and tape it shut again. LBS is actually closed (they are all going to Danang for tech support) so not sure what I would actually do if pedals WEREN'T there. I guess put back the original clunkers? Only triathletes will appreciate this, I think.

Anyway, it is not much of a taper. Either my coach has a different concept about it than I do, or she's afraid I'll get sick as that's what I tend to do if I do too extreme a taper. No really long stuff but my last brick was Tuesday, and it included some 100% FTP intervals! Yesterday was very light (just 1500m of swimming) and tomorrow is off, but today actually included 40 minutes of running and 2600m of swimming. So I am ready for bed.

Rode outside for an hour. Three days in a row is a record for me for a several weeks.

HR- good luck with the race. I have not heard the name Danang in a long time. My dad commanded a flight squadron there during the Vietnam era.

It will be an exciting weekend for us. Both boys graduate college Saturday. One is at 2:00 and the other at 4:30. The campus's are one hour apart so we think we can make both.

Sounds like maybe a good bike ride between the ceremonies??

Yes, the first/only IM Corp. event in Vietnam is in Danang as of last year. There are one or two low-key tri/adventure race type events in country, and I think Challenge is starting a race in Nha Trang in the fall, but this is the only iron distance one so far. Most of the bike/run goes along the city beachfront, and a resort area south of the city.

BTW the pedals have been found. Actually quite a search--they were taped to the seat post with so much tape I couldn't see what they were. Who woulda thunk? Just a little worried that something might be missing or switched as they were disassembling about eight bikes at the same time on Tuesday!

4 mile run this afternoon. still recovering from 1/2marathon. quads were little more tender than expected. Could be part of my ride training for Century coming up on the 21st.

Evening all! Good luck at the race HR!

5:15am - 60 min power spin
8:30am - 2100yd swim

Went for another bike fitting - I'm determined to find a saddle for my road bike that I like!

Celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a margarita at lunch - then I wanted a nap - lol!