Friday, November 21, 2008

Day 2 - Tempe

It's 7:15 local time and we've been the hotel breakfast buffet and so has every other triathlete staying at the hotel. It was like a convention of fit, fast bodies around a small pile of bagels and a single toaster. We were obviously late since the bagels were gone. But we managed to get some fruit, yogurt and cereal, deciding not to linger among the atheletes and entourage.

We went for a 30 min run last night from our hotel down to the start/finish area. There is a slight hill on Curry Ave that is part of the run course, but nothing to be scared of. As we were running two guys blew by us. Not sure if they are part of the local run scene or if they were out busting a gut three days before the race.

This morning we are headed down for the swim practice and to pick up our bikes. The air feels cool, but the temperature is 59 according to weather.com. A high pressure system is moving through and temps are forecast to be higher than normal for the next couple of days and the winds will get up to around 20 mph today. The exact words are: "A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds, high 79 degrees. Winds ESE at 15-25 mph".

Time to go see how warm the water is.

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