It is race day tomorrow and I have been really looking forward to it. It is a local race, but we will still need to leave home early in the morning. The car is packed and ready to go.

Packing two bikes into the back of a Subaru Outback, probably isn’t the most efficient way of transporting them to the race.  I should probably invest in an exterior bike rack for such occasions.  I was able to make it work however, by removing the front wheel of my wife’s bike and both wheels from mine.

Both bikes are very secure and protected.  I used a good number of towels and a blanket.  There was also plenty of room for our transition bags and other items we will need.  The only thing we need to put in the car tomorrow morning, is our race nutrition, which is now chilling in the fridge.

The other good news is that there are two races tomorrow. An Olympic race and a Sprint race.  The start time of our Sprint race, is much later than the Olympic race, so that helps in terms of timing.  We won’t have to leave home crazy early.

Still, now that the car is packed, we have very little to be concerned about in the morning.  Get up, eat breakfast and head out.  The weather forecast is perfect for a great race.