Ironplan Lake Placid

Ironman Lake Placid is here... one day away... 24 hours from now, I'll most likely be somewhere around the out-and-back of the bike course, my second time around the loop. My nerves haven't really started... I expect them to pretty soon. I'm taking it easy today, sitting around the hotel room in the AC, feet up, sipping sports drink, spending time with my bride. Probably head to the pool in a bit, then an early dinner with Dani and my in-laws. I got a good night sleep last night, because I don't really expect to sleep too much tonight - although I certainly hope I can. I am planning to lay down by 8:30.

Here is my race plan for tomorrow. Primarily it focuses on what I'll be eating/drinking and when. Nutrition, for all triathletes is a huge component of the race, but because of my gastric bypass surgery (I don't use my stomach to digest food), this makes nutrition planning even more vital for me - and it also makes it more of a challenge to get right. Not in the plan are the Sour Patch Kids that I bought Thursday morning, and have been waiting for... Monday.

As for the pacing and times... If anything comes up that would slow me down, that's fine. If the swim is slower than planned, I won't make up for it later in the race. Regardless of what happens before any given part of the plan, I will not try to go faster. If I need to adjust the pace slower to keep going forward, for any number of reasons, I will. If I finish in the planned time, awesome... If I finish 10 minutes or 3 hours later... still awesome - so long as I finish!

I look forward to telling you all about the race, but not before Monday!