Let the games begin!!! It's that time folks, you have been reading about us, encouraging us, and watching us train for almost three months now and it's finally GO TIME. We left out of Atlanta today around 1:00 and headed to the bike store to pick up Caryn's bike with a new odometer, then stopped off for food, then tried to get gas, which was a chore, we finally got on 85 then realized the bike rack was loose but once Caryn fixed that little issue, we were off to Lake Lanier.
We arrived around 2:15, ready for the transition clinic at 3:00. When we finally got there this is what we saw. Oh yes over 800 people will be packed into this little blue square transitioning in and out of the seperate sections.
We got in line, picked up our packet, swim cap, and number then went down to see the swim start. Notice I say went down...below you can see the huge hill we have to run up to get to the transition area, not to mention bare footed.
The really big hill we have to run up....
The swim course....
We came back up from scouting out the swim and had a lovely workshop with Jim the race instruction with a lot of first time triathletes which made us feel a little better and not totally alone. After the workshop, we drove the run trail and then the bike trail. We learned during our workshop that the bike would NOT be a closed course, obviously causing some major stress but we plan just to go with the flow.
Our transition spots...
After leaving Lake Lanier we checked into our hotel room, bikes and all and then had the chance to look at all the cool stuff in our race packets.
Jen came up to stay with us and we all went to run some last minute errands then headed over to Olive Garden for some major carb loading. Mmmmm...delicious!!! After dinner we stopped by the Walmart for some bananas and sinus stuff for Caryn to breathe (key!) and then headed back to the hotel. My parents and niece stopped by on their way to the hotel to see how we were and give us some encouraging words. We just finished lining up everything for tomorrow, putting our numbers on our race belts, packing our transition bags and getting ready for bed.Trying on the race belt....
It works....
We will start at 4:45AM tomorrow in order to be at the race at 5:30, just to make sure we have plenty of time. Thanks to everyone who has called, texted, or said congrats and good luck to us leading up to tomorrow. You have no idea how much your encouragement means to us!!! Since you have all been so supportive we took tons of pics for you to look at, more tomorrow!!!!
I have to share one last parting quote from Caryn as we were heading back from dinner..."I wish Lance Armstrong was doing our triathlon"
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Good Luck!!!!!!!!!
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