My bike is racked in transition, and that means only one thing, tomorrow we finally get to race again.  It has been over eighteen months, since I last participated in a race this size.  I had forgotten about the energy surrounding these events.

I followed my usual ‘day before the race’ routine today.  This starts with a large breakfast; my last big meal before the race. When I say large breakfast, I do mean large. I had three eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns and pancakes.  

After breakfast, I relaxed for a while at the C26 Triathlon Hub, before heading to the Chickamauga Dam day use area, for a short practice swim.  This was good practice, as it was my first open water swim this year. I was good to get a feel for swimming in a wetsuit again.

After the swim, we grabbed a small sandwich for lunch and went back to the hotel, for a little more rest.  Mid-afternoon, it was time to take my bike to transition.  Before racking the bike however, I took it for a quick, 25 minutes ride.  This ride was used to spin out my legs and more importantly, to check that the bike was working correctly.  All was good and I racked my bike.

The last thing I did, before heading back to the hotel for the rest of the day, was to make sure I understood how transition would work.  I am glad I did this, because it is very different this year and involves some long runs.

Back at the hotel, I packed my items for tomorrow, prepared my nutrition and had a very small pasta dinner.  I then double checked everything for tomorrow and am now relaxing before going to sleep.  I’ll be in bed early. Just one more sleep before we finally get to race again.