4:57am Race Day Morning

4:57 AM

Saturday August 16th, 2014

I just had to write down some thoughts since today is the big day. My alarm went off at 4:45 and it feels like Christmas morning. I am so excited. Not much can get me out of bed at 4:45 am, but Triathlon is one of them.

I feel calm this morning, I'm ready. I have put in all the hard work leading up to this for 9 months, the hard part is over- and now I can just enjoy the race.

As we fell asleep last night I was telling Kathy what todays race means to me, and I want to share it here;

Todays race is very symbolic for me. It symbolizes everything I have been doing with my life the last 9 months. Triathamom has been the object in my head for 9 months that I have been working towards, that I have been getting healthy and fit for. It symbolizes all the hard work and dedication I have committed to for the past 9 months, and really its a symbol of finishing one leg of my lifelong journey.

When I cross that finish line I complete the first chapter of my life where I made a change. That finish line for me symbolizes the close of that part of my life and the beginning of chapter 2. The journey has started, and chapter 2 will take me some amazing places in the coming year.

I predict the next chapter will include at least 4 triathlons in 2015, with continual health and fitness.

The finish line today symbolizes for me a lot of blood, sweat, tears and the hundreds of countless hours I have dedicated to getting my mind and body ready for this event. It symbolizes all those training workouts I did when no one was watching, when no one was holding me accountable for what I was doing with my time.

When I cross that line today I can put my stamp of approval on the last year of my life, knowing I did my absolute best everyday and with each decision I made leading up to the race. I am excited, I am nervous and I'm betting that by the time I get to the swim start I'll be nervous as hell.

Until then.....

Picking up our race packets and bibs at Orang Theory Fitness on Friday Night

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