Musselman - 17 July 06 - pre race...
Well, finally, here it is...sorry it took so long!
I had a few goals going into this race:
(1) Finish in under 1:30
(2) Finish before the 1st 1/2 IM person came in off the bike
(3) Finish the bike in 50 minutes or faster...
We traveled to Geneva, NY Friday afternoon...by we, I mean myself and my two kids, Wyatt and Rachel. DH couldn't make it due to having PRK done the Tuesday before, and while the doc said he could go, he wouldn't have been able to stay out in the sun all day and he would have been miserable. So, he stayed home and recouped.
We go to the college around 7-ish, checked into the Athlete's village and then headed over to the Crow's Nest for dinner with the rest of the WWFCers. It was fun to meet everyone and get reacquainted with those I had already met. Wyatt hit it off with Mia's son, Matt and they spent a good amount of time together the rest of the weekend.
Saturday, we work up and it was raining! What the?!?! Didn't see that in the forecast, but rest assured it cleared out around noon time and it was HHH!! For breakfast we headed over to the pancake breakfast with Suzy, Bob, (her husband) and Guin, and met up with ER. Good pancakes! Both my kids had seconds, so they must have been good! ;)
After that we picked up our packets, checked out the expo and headed over to Wegman's. Wegman's is like the premiere grocery store in the area - wow wow wow! Great stuff! We grabbed some stuff for breakfast the next day then headed to Friendly's for lunch. We decided to head down to Seneca State Park where the race was being held to get a swim in and check out the run portion of the race as well as the transition area. We parked at the Ramada and walked in so we didn't have to pay the gate fee. In hindsight, we should have paid the $7, because it was looooonnnnngggg walk and it was sunny and hot!! We're talking mid-90s here. The kids were troopers and didn't complain too much, although Rachel and I developed blisters from our flipflops, so off they came. When we finally made it to the public beach area, we were disappointed to see that the swim area was really shallow and that there was no way we were going to be able to get a decent swim in. But the kids went in and had a blast, so we followed suit and at least we were able to cool off.
We were at the outer most edge of the swim area talking to one of the life guards when I noticed a dead fish floating thru the swim area. Now, it wasn't just some little fish, it was a huge carp! The thing had to be almost 2 feet long and probably weighed a good 8-10 lbs. Jeez louise! Ok, so now I have another goal - (4) don't swim into any dead fish!! ICK! The lifeguard explained that since the park is at the north end of the lake, all the dead fish, weeds, etc. are pushed in that direction by the wind and the waves...ewww...I am liking this swim less and less.
We met up with Mia and her family after our swim and she gave us a ride ~1/2 back to our care. Phew! wasn't looking forward to walking all the way back in the heat. We all went back to the Athlete's village and relaxed for a bit before heading to the pasta dinner to meet up with the rest of the WWFC crew.
During the pasta dinner, the RD Jeff Henderson, announced that there were 5 chairs with Geneva Bicycle stickers underneath and that if you found one, you'd be eligible for a prize. Would you believe? Rachel's chair had one of the stickers! So up we go to the front of the room. Jeff then says that we are the finalists for a wetsuit courtesy of Blue Seventy! All we had to do was tell everyone why we thought we deserved it the most and based on the amount of applause the response generated would determine the winner. Well, he has Rachel go first and she says "I'm going to give it to my mom." (YES! right answer) to which Jeff says, "well, anything after that is going to sound terribly selfish..." Everyone else gives their reason, and based on the applause...yep, you guessed it, Rachel won her mom a wetsuit! WOOHOO!!! (I have since contacted Blue Seventy and it is on it's way!)
We finished up and headed back to get ready. Wyatt was also doing the kids race, so he needed sleep just as much as I did...
I had a few goals going into this race:
(1) Finish in under 1:30
(2) Finish before the 1st 1/2 IM person came in off the bike
(3) Finish the bike in 50 minutes or faster...
We traveled to Geneva, NY Friday afternoon...by we, I mean myself and my two kids, Wyatt and Rachel. DH couldn't make it due to having PRK done the Tuesday before, and while the doc said he could go, he wouldn't have been able to stay out in the sun all day and he would have been miserable. So, he stayed home and recouped.
We go to the college around 7-ish, checked into the Athlete's village and then headed over to the Crow's Nest for dinner with the rest of the WWFCers. It was fun to meet everyone and get reacquainted with those I had already met. Wyatt hit it off with Mia's son, Matt and they spent a good amount of time together the rest of the weekend.
Saturday, we work up and it was raining! What the?!?! Didn't see that in the forecast, but rest assured it cleared out around noon time and it was HHH!! For breakfast we headed over to the pancake breakfast with Suzy, Bob, (her husband) and Guin, and met up with ER. Good pancakes! Both my kids had seconds, so they must have been good! ;)
After that we picked up our packets, checked out the expo and headed over to Wegman's. Wegman's is like the premiere grocery store in the area - wow wow wow! Great stuff! We grabbed some stuff for breakfast the next day then headed to Friendly's for lunch. We decided to head down to Seneca State Park where the race was being held to get a swim in and check out the run portion of the race as well as the transition area. We parked at the Ramada and walked in so we didn't have to pay the gate fee. In hindsight, we should have paid the $7, because it was looooonnnnngggg walk and it was sunny and hot!! We're talking mid-90s here. The kids were troopers and didn't complain too much, although Rachel and I developed blisters from our flipflops, so off they came. When we finally made it to the public beach area, we were disappointed to see that the swim area was really shallow and that there was no way we were going to be able to get a decent swim in. But the kids went in and had a blast, so we followed suit and at least we were able to cool off.
We were at the outer most edge of the swim area talking to one of the life guards when I noticed a dead fish floating thru the swim area. Now, it wasn't just some little fish, it was a huge carp! The thing had to be almost 2 feet long and probably weighed a good 8-10 lbs. Jeez louise! Ok, so now I have another goal - (4) don't swim into any dead fish!! ICK! The lifeguard explained that since the park is at the north end of the lake, all the dead fish, weeds, etc. are pushed in that direction by the wind and the waves...ewww...I am liking this swim less and less.
We met up with Mia and her family after our swim and she gave us a ride ~1/2 back to our care. Phew! wasn't looking forward to walking all the way back in the heat. We all went back to the Athlete's village and relaxed for a bit before heading to the pasta dinner to meet up with the rest of the WWFC crew.
During the pasta dinner, the RD Jeff Henderson, announced that there were 5 chairs with Geneva Bicycle stickers underneath and that if you found one, you'd be eligible for a prize. Would you believe? Rachel's chair had one of the stickers! So up we go to the front of the room. Jeff then says that we are the finalists for a wetsuit courtesy of Blue Seventy! All we had to do was tell everyone why we thought we deserved it the most and based on the amount of applause the response generated would determine the winner. Well, he has Rachel go first and she says "I'm going to give it to my mom." (YES! right answer) to which Jeff says, "well, anything after that is going to sound terribly selfish..." Everyone else gives their reason, and based on the applause...yep, you guessed it, Rachel won her mom a wetsuit! WOOHOO!!! (I have since contacted Blue Seventy and it is on it's way!)
We finished up and headed back to get ready. Wyatt was also doing the kids race, so he needed sleep just as much as I did...
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