morning swim with a whole group of people...but unfortunately jeremiah has a big race this weekend...and was doing a light swim as he is tapering...so he and amy practiced beach starts and i did the prescribed workout of 2 lengths warm-up 5 lengths strong with 30 seconds rest 1 length cool down...ended up doing about another length cool down...amy and jeremiah had passed me going the other way with a big chain of people so i decided to meet them half way down the pool and hop on the end to draft since i didn't get a chance to get pulled...nice workout...very different from that first time in barton springs...geez :)
home to study...took a little break to bake some banana bread...then decided i needed to get out of the house and ride...
rode up to the IM fields parking lot...on Guadalupe...i figured since UT is in the middle of reading days/finals week...there would be few cars and few folks coming and going...so i rode in amy's sidi bike shoes that she is letting me borrow so i could practice my flying mount and dismount
i'm not that fast...and need to slow way down to get off but i can do it...and i was able to get used to putting the shoes on and not wobbling around on the bike too much...i had been contemplating doing the Rookie this weekend without the mount/dismount...and just doing it with my shoes on but i just told my self to suck it up...this (racing) is the reason that i learned how to do it anyway so i might as well give it a try...i practiced for 30 minutes up and back in the parking lot...it's a really long parking lot...then rode home...good ride and nice to not think about chem for an hour...
studied for a few more hours until j said i had to stop so we made dinner and watched an episode of heros...on demand netflix is really great...if you haven't tried it...you must...the chicken was awesome! we both loved it...and we are thinking we need to find a new show...it's not getting much better...
wish me luck on my final exam wednesday!
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Good luck for your final exam today!
Do the mount/dismount thing! These races are for practice. The mount gives you plenty of time and space before the climb, look forward not down at your feet. The dismount is at the end of a loooong downhill, you'll have lots of time to see where to dismount, don't come into the dismount hot hot, too fast, look forward not down as you get feet out of shoes, slow down enough to be in control when you hit feet to pavement. Don't overly dwell on it, but do try it, at a controlled pace, thoughtfully. You'll do great! :-)
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