Myrtle Beach Baby!!

After a fairly uneventful car ride; which was filled with podcasts, a half of a book on tape, and some random music - I made it to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I went right to the packet pick up and was not prepared for what I saw. Hundreds of very fit, very Type A, triathletes. It was INTENSE! I don't know what I was expecting, but not that! I haven't felt that out of place at a packet pick up since I first got into the sport. Luckily I ran into Brianna, then Angela, and then Karen - so that made me feel much better.

Ang, Karen and I chatted for a bit until it was time for Ang and I to rack our bikes and head back to our hotel. We had just enough time to meet a few others to hit the beach and go for a nice warm up swim.

Swimming in the ocean - AWESOME! It was perfect. No wetsuit, fun waves, easy sighting, and just felt good. It was pretty great. I didn't swim long, just enough to embarrass myself because of my horrible tan lines from last week, and feel pretty comfortable with my swim.

After that, it was back to our hotel and got ready for dinner. But first, this is the view from our balcony. Pretty nice huh?!?!?!

Tomorrow is race day! Again...

Where's Blain???

Tomorrow I head to Myrtle Beach!! It's the National Club Championship and DC Tri Club is ready to come back in FIRST PLACE!!

My original plan was to swim in a relay. A simple 1000 meters. Then I found out the relays don't count for points. And there wasn't anyone signed up for the AquaVelo as an Athena. My thought was: that's too bad... Then Angela had a plan - have Steve swim the relay, I do the AV as an Athena, and I get the club 11 points. First place out of 1!!

I am a sucker. I am stupid. I said yes.

So now, Blain is packed in the car. Do you see him??? I was also in charge of picking up snacks for the post race club picnic - to celebrate our FIRST PLACE - due to my 11 points. Or that better be how Saturday goes...

But now I have to go pack. As I still need a wet suit and bike stuff...

Tomorrow I Will Do Something Stupid

I don't know how I get my self into these situations but I do. And not I will make the best of it.

2.4 mile swim.
112 mile bike.