I've made it through part of the travel outlined in my last post. Cheering for IM in Madison was wonderful. Madison itself was awesome and I loved the GIANT farmer's market that they had on Saturday. Savageman was also wonderful. Fall was coming earlier out there in the mountains. I have no desire to do that race. Just thinking of all the climbing on the bike makes me want to hyperventilate a little.
My last tri of the year was last weekend, at the Giant Acorn race. This was the same course as my first race of the year, so it would've been a nice comparison of my improvement, except for how I've been skipping practices (to play with my sewing machine) like crazy. As it was, it was a reminder that a body with trained muscles performs *and* recovers better. Beautiful weather and camped without my rain-fly the first night to see the stars. The next night was colder, so I put on the rain fly and enjoyed the cocoon of warmer air from my breathing.
This weekend, I'm off to Monterey. While at the hostel in Madison, I saw a flier for other hostels, including some lighthouse hostels near the wedding I'm going to, so I'm looking forward to Monday night in a lighthouse/hostel.
The hard part is that I have to magically do laundry and pack while attending a reading and then leaving at 6am.
