Here's the Full Circle video to recap the day:
I spent a couple hours soaking in the finish line after I had seen Jonathan (and walked with him for a few) around the 14 mile marker. As expected, the finish area was loud, encouraging, exciting and makes me that much more focused on getting there in May. My incredible knack for eyeing a perfect spot and patiently working my way up to said spot is really something I should teach a class on. I ended up seeing all my people jump in for the swim start, got a great spot at the swim finish, moved over to the bike out, then came back for the bike in. I hopped around on the run course and saw everyone, then made my way to the finish line where I was the last person before the emcee tent at the finish arch. Like a boss.
Spectating a race is so inspiring. I am more than ready (mentally) for Beach2Battleship in 46 days. I've got my goals nailed down; nutrition came via FedEx this morning; training is going well. I've been biking a good bit more for this race than for White Lake, so I look forward to seeing how I've improved. Nutrition was also a big hang up at White Lake (in terms of lack of energy), so I'm eager to dial that in for my body in the next 6 weeks.
"A" Goal: Under 7:00:00 (Busting the barrier)
"B" Goal: 7:17:00 (Dropping an hour from last time, now that I know what I'm up against)
"C" Goal: Better than the last half (Just PR)
Per Jonathan's strong suggestion and recommendation, I'll take about a month off after B2B and then begin training for Texas. I really don't want to mentally burn out or get injured, so that's the plan. Five and a half months of full-on training. Can't we have daylight savings time year round just this once??
