Day Of Rest ...Ha

Well two days after the most physical thing I have ever done. I am up and I should be sleeping. But 4:30 is in grained in my sleep pattern. Ugh. No that is good because if you would have asked me on Saturday is more Tri's in my future, I would have answered with a I don't know. But today as well as yesterday I have been planning a work out schedule. I want to do more of them.
Looking back...very exciting. I wish I had someone to type it all out. I am slow and my mind is fast. I want to write it all down to remember.
We got there on Thursday. Got a campsite right on the beach. Beautiful! That alone was reason to celebrate our first year. Swim course wasn't even set for it had been very windy the day before. Test the water out I say. Cold did not describe it. Freezing more like it. They said it was 68. A guy who was also racing had a gauge in it...62. I need a wet suit. After setting camp up, Joe went back to Bay city for a Dr appt so I had time to shop.
First place was a store that looked to rent wet suits. No luck. I continued on. Every store I entered was my first question...Do you know anywhere I can rent a wet suit? Mid way I spotted a neck less in the window that caught my eye. I walked into a art studio where a meeting of the artist was going on. I was about to walk out and they said come on in. The artist of the neck less showed me it. We got in a conversation and I asked her the question of the day. She thought she still had hers from long ago. She took my number and off I went. Not in a million years did I think I would here from her, I got a call. Rent it for 25 or buy it for 50. No question SOLD!
Now Joe's not back yet and I need to try this thing out. Still light out and a bit of sun still around but that water BRRRR!. To swim alone not a good idea but I needed to know. So I decided to swim the length there and back but not go past the buoys. So in I go. I don't feel my legs any more. Under...UGH! That was shocking to say the least. But I got to try. So I began and all the practicing I did, went out the window. I had to keep my head up. Way too cold to keep it down. I did it. It felt like hours in there but I know I was only in for 20 minutes or so. My feet well I couldn't even feel them. I walked up the beach back to our site and our neighbors had a fire going. I stopped to chat. I knew I needed to get to a shower and fast.
After rewarming my body, I felt a sense of accomplishment. To do that with no Joe around was good. I knew that I could do this. But nothing would have prepared me for the day of the race. Water temp 58. Winds out of the south west I think. Cloudy and waves that where 10 feet, I hear. But more on that later. Work is calling. Stay tuned.