In the Absence of Talent There Is No Substitute for Preparation - J. Bingham

Ok, I’m ready. Water temperature 77 degrees. Sunny and about 85. Perfect. Exactly a week early. Chances of getting two Saturday mornings with sun and low humidity in June in MO…..exactly zero. Hard as I might try…just can’t control the weather.
Lake swim went fine….turns out I can swim in a straight line without a black line on a bottom of the pool to guide me. What is sort of odd is finding myself in a rather large and deep body of water with NOTHING to hang onto. That can be unnerving and for a few seconds I was heading towards panic. But then I remembered…I don’t have to SWIM….I could float if I had to. Crisis averted. Silly, I know.
Bike is getting easier probably because I know where the hills are. My ride is making funny noises…not going to mess with it until after next weekend though. My bike computer quit today too so I couldn’t tell my pace or distance. But I’m pretty sure we rode the real course today after our little detour last weekend. Hopefully that’s just a battery issue. 30 minute run went great…and I don’t get to say that often. That’s usually where my wheels come off. So that’s basically my race. My goal for the first of this year is to finish without walking. Would be nice to finish in the top half of my age group (35-39!!!!!) but that’s a secondary goal. I’ll let you know! There might even be pictures. I may not be talented but I will be prepared :)

My daughters asked me today if it was summer yet and I explained that it was still three weeks away but it can feel like summer. So I asked, “what makes it feel like summer to them?” We decided it’s the smells like sunscreen and fresh cut grass. It’s also when my little hillbillies quit wearing shoes and rough up the bottoms of their soft little feet. What makes it feel like summer to you?