Pre Race Meeting

Chiang Rai Triathlon 2008 starts tomorrow morning at 7:30 am. Above you see our "custom design" t-shirts, which means that my wonderful daughter Emily was kind enough to decorate some local shirts for the event.

We had the race participants over for the carboload dinner. It looks like we'll have about 12 participants. Spagetti with Marinara sauce and cookies were on the menu... See pics below.



My favorite cookies in the world.



The sauce was yummy!

Anyway, the energy mix is in and the body's revving for the morning! It's going to be a LOT of fun... Come back tomorrow for pics :-)

Last Swim...

Today was my last swim before Saturday's triathlon. I set a new PR of 21:11 in the 750M and today was the first time that wasn't adding 3 different set's together to get the time... Yes, it's true, the 21:11 time was front to back with no stops.

Man! I was psyched! 750M is a LONG way for me, especially when I couldn't swim 50M without stopping a few months ago. My goal is sub 21 for the triathlon on Saturday.

I'm taking a break from my 30 day shred for a couple of days to rest up for the race. The triathlon is 750M swim, a 20K bike, and a 5k run. It's also my first attempt at organizing something like this.

We're going to have a "carboload" spagetti dinner tomorrow night, then race at 7:30 am on Saturday morning, then finish at our house for breakfast. It should be fun and I'll post some pictures!



Here's a picture of the pool where the triathlon will begin. It's a wonderful 50M pool near Mah Fah Luang University in the North of Chiang Rai. The owner is great and this will be the first race held there!