. . . not the gas station with the funny commercials. This is the version where you cover 70.3 miles of racing and about 1400 miles of travel over 48 hours.
Sounds ridiculous? I agree. Given the new job situation and the lack of vacation time, however, this is definitely a QuickTrip version of racing.
I did the math, and it ain’t pretty:
48 hours from take off to landing. When you take out the hours I will be sleeping and you estimate my finish time, I will be spending 15% of my waking hours racing.
More specifically, I will be spending 15% of my waking hours at aerobic threshold: either wondering where the the hell everyone went on the swim, having a blast on the bike, or getting religious on the run.
Like I said– ridiculous. However, as much as I LOVE this sport and I love racing, I’ve learned that it’s not really a vacation. (The words aerobic threshold and vacation don’t really go well together.) So it’s going to be a quick 48hr trip and hopefully an awesome weekend of racing. And I will conveniently be home and done with air travel before DOMS sets in. Another benefit of the QuickTrip.
Will do my best and hope for personal progress and a solid race. Thanks for checking in!
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I am sure you will K-A this weekend, good luck.
DOMS? I have experiencedd it many times, but didn’t even know it had a name. Thanks for enlightening me!
I’ve never understood how people can put vacation and race in the same sentence. Race weeks are not vacations for me… unless I’m there as a spectathlete!
Have a GREAT race!!!!
Good luck, love.
I hope you have a brilliant race.
B.
OMG you came in 6th! You are awesome, can’t wait to read the race report!