last night's gem:I got out of the water in 1:11 (<---- not the bad part!) and went into the changing tent -- which was a locker room. None of the bike bags were in there -- me and this other girl were yelling out "has anyone seen the swim to run bags?!?" finally they were brought in and we had to sort through them to find our bags. It was a cluster. I realized that I had forgotten ALL of my nutrition (Infinit bottles and Payday bars) and all I had was Gatorade and water. I started running to the bike and I was crying because I had practiced my nutrition for so long and didn't have any of it with me. Then I got lost trying to find my bike - there were all of these doors and weird exits. Once I finally got to the bike I quit. I thought to myself "this isn't a DNF because it's not the real race" and it turns out it wasn't... it was a practice race and because the bike bags were messed up the "race judge" cancelled it.
oh man! what a nightmare! im surprised your bike didnt have triangle wheels :)
ReplyDeleteDAMN... I had the SAME dream last week!!! No, just kidding. Have you seen a shrink lately? Sorry, just kidding about that :)
ReplyDeleteActually in my dream, I run into the T1 change area and there are no chairs and my T1 takes 12:30. DAMN again... this wasn't a dream, it was reality...
Your almost there, have a margarita to calm down.
i had a crazy dream as well once. out of the 1200 triathletes, only 250 finished, the route was a lot longer than they had advertised and only some people could make it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I used to have some crazy dreams before big races also. That just means you are focused and ready!
ReplyDeletePS - LOVE the SS poem you have on your header, that's awesome.
I'd like to say that I miss those pre-IM dreams... but I don't.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one! ;)
The dreams never happen in real life :) So you're safe!
ReplyDeleteHaha, that's like the dream I had where I was in T1 and realized I had no bike shoes or helmet!
ReplyDeletethis means you are going to have a great race!! I always have weird, epic fail tri dreams before a great race. It's definitely a good sign...
ReplyDeleteOh, those IM dreams!! I don't miss them at all.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's completely sane. Love those kind of dreams.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Not the dreams! You are going to do so well. You are well prepared and will have an amazing time. This is going to be quite the experience.
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