Tapering makes me a bit jittery. I'm at work, bouncing my leg, totally distracted by one thing, then the next. And the storms last night don't help.
At 3 AM, Kris is standing by the window, silhouetted by the lighting that is basically one continuous flash. Her Ooohs! and Ahhhs! wake me up. And then we lose power. We fumbled for the flashlight and a hand-crank powered radio to see what the news is. Nothing. No warning beeps or interruptions. Just music. (Since when does a radio station play music? I thought they just play commercials.)
I toss and turn for another hour. Then, just as I'm about to drift off, the power kicks on and I wake up to set the clocks back to normal. And then spend some time getting back to sleep.
The storms are still rolling through in the morning and the pool isn't open. And the lightning doesn't make it safe to run either. Especially when trees are getting struck.
I'm off to swim at lunch, and then I'll fit the run in before softball tonight. Sometime in there I still have to pack for the race and the weekend in Racine.
Taper sucks.
Hey Rob, I was reading the Racine Journal Times and it had all of the Triathleates listed and there you were! anyway... I looked you up on the web and it shuttled me to your blog so I couldn't resist posting a comment. The race course takes you right past my house (the biking portion). Just thought I'd say "HI" it's been probably 10 years and I'm sure a lot has changed for both of us!
Dana (Stunkard) Dresen
Good luck in the race!