Sunday the 14th, I am schedule to complete my final triathlon of the season. It will be my 5th Tri this year and I really hope to do it. This tri is one of the very first ones I ever did and I want to kick its butt this year, but it seems that Hurricane Ike is going to trail around and hit.
Now I do not mind running in the rain, but swimming and biking are totally different. The swim would be harder than it normally is. Imagine swimming with 75 of your closest friends, all fighting, kicking and slapping the water to get finished, you take gulps of air when you can and try not to take gulps of water at the same time, now imagine that with rain coming down. It would be like a game show or something.
The biking could potentially be as dangerous. My road bike has very skinny tires and when the brakes get wet, there is no guarantee of stopping. Many things on a road can get slippery as well, especially the paint for the lines. Last thing I want to do is lay down my bike on a wet road while it is raining.
They have said that the race could be turned from a triathlon into a duathlon, which means we would run, bike and then run again. I have a duathlon already scheduled for the 28th, so I guess it would be good practice, but I so want to finish out with a good time on my triathlon.
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