Last thoughts before the race
It is now 7:30 pm on the night before the race and all my prep has been completed. Had a great pasta dinner and a glass of wine and am feeling relaxed. The whole experience so far has been amazing, we are being treated like pro athletes and have been meeting and talking to famous people in this sport. The whole set up is of course, very professional and way beyond what I have ever experienced at any race before. Now I just have to finish the darn race to make it even more memorable.The swim is ideal and I am looking forward to it, I really feel good in the clean, clear ocean. You can see lots of fish and live coral, plus some resident turtles. There was some swell over the last couple of days, but it dropped off nicely this morning. But when 1800 hit the water in the morning it will be a whole different story. The ride holds my worst fears, especially the threat of strong cross winds. But we did ride the most exposed section on Wednesday and it seemed to be ok. The run will be hot, but as it has been clouding over in the late afternoons and cooling off a little, so it might be ok. Anyway, I will find out tomorrow! Kona, here I come!
And thanks to everyone who has wished me good luck, this support means a lot to me. And I will have a good cheer squad here in Kona with a bunch of ex-Saipan folks living on the island of Hawaii, as well as some people from Japan.
Keren
posted by Keren_m @ 2:26 PM
7 Comments:
Thinking of you mate. You are probably mid-race as I type this. Hope to hear from you soon.
oops, made a mistake. I just checked the time zones and the web site. You are probably fast asleep, Friday night before the race.
Good luck tomorrow!
Keren, you are on the bike now I think, but can't logon to the damn website...anyway, gambatte! motozo
You did it!! Sounds cliched, but nothing else to say but that's totally awesome. You said you'd be happy with about 12 hours, well, you slacker, you were out by 4 minutes. Fantastic job. Hope you remembered to smile at the finish. Time to enjoy a rest and start putting some weight on!!
Well done! I see you passed a lot of people on the run. I read the wind wasn't too bad for the bike leg - true?
Congratulations Keren! a 4:02 marathon off the bike is impressive!
Thanks folks! I would have liked to have gone under 4 hours for the marathon. It was 4 mins slower than my best IM marathon so I have to be happy with that.
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