I'm off to bed soon. That 4am wake up call will kill me otherwise.
I got a good nap this afternoon. I think I slept for 2-3 hours. It felt SOOO good!
I made a sign for Laura at the expo today. It says "GO LAURA! TEAM ESTROGEN REPRESENTS!" Hopefully she'll see it.
I also did an electronic message to her for the "motivational mile". It's a spot where we go over a mat and our chip triggers the computer to flash a message up on a big LED screen.
Your limited to 25 characters, so I just put "GO LAURA! TE SISTER" Hopefully she'll get it.
Anyway, I want to thank you for helping to push me through this. I just hope I make it out of the water in time. Being such a slow swimmer that's always my worry. That and a bike mechanical.
It looks like it's gonna be hot- like 95 degrees hot. Our humidity was down to 5% tonight, so it's also bone dry. Today was windy early on, but it doesn't look like that'll be a problem tomorrow. Forecasts say wind from the east at 5-10 mph. That's considered calm for the desert. But coming from the east that means a head wind for the first 8 miles out, and then a cross wind for the 20 miles up and down the beeline, and of course a tail wind for the 8 back.
But don't forget- we do 3 out and back loops. So it'll be a bit breezy, but nothing I can't handle.
I hope to be off the bike by 4:15-4:30 (pacific time). Of course that will put me on the run during the hottest part of the day. But hey, it's Ironman- it's not suppose to be easy! Tho it's never fun to be fried like a chicken. It'll be survival mode until sundown at 7:00 pm. Of course by then my wheels will have fallen off anyway... OY... this marathon is gonna be UGLY!

Well, I'll be thinking about ya'll tomorrow. And I'll try not to keep you up too late, but I have no visions of a 10:00 pm finish like I did last year... sigh..

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers!
much love
Denise