Racing!

Getting ready to race Saturday and I'm starting to get excited. This will be my first race this year - an XTERRA off-road tri in Bailey, CO. It's been iffy whether or not I'd be able to compete due to my ankle, but I think I should be able to do it, being careful.

I head out Friday, mid-day. Camp overnight and the race starts Saturday morning at 9am (XTERRA race time!). It's a 1 mile swim (in cold mtn water), a 21 mile mtn bike ride on a fun cross country style course, followed by a 6 mile run up the side of a mtn, to the top of a waterfall, and back down to the lake where you run along the beach. Not a bad course.

Had a nice bike ride tonight with my friend Kevin - a good, fun ride. Explored a little jaunt of a trail up high on the mtn as the sun was heading down in the sky - very pretty.

Also saw a wild turkey and the tiniest little baby deer I've ever seen. It was only about a foot tall. I accidentally scared it, but it seemed like it didn't have a mama. So that made me sad. Cute, spry little thing.