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Eve Of Panama 70.3… I’ve seen everything now. The swim is going to be fast - big currents in the canal. Apparently, the later your swim wave, the faster the current. I swim in the 3rd to last wave, so my 1.2 mile swim split should be somewhere around 4 minutes. Not quite, but close. There was a buzz floating around today about a very surprising bike course. I was able to get outside of the city and take a look - it’s aggressive. There’s a large bump heading out into the country and over the Bridge Of The Americas, then another long, steady climb called the monster or something equivalent. It’s LONG. It’ll take guts to ride this course well - attack up, fly down and repeat and repeat and repeat. The asphalt is smooth, and black, and it’s going to be hot - mid 90’s. Very difficult to gauge times and what to expect on speed so you just gotta go and go hard. Then, run your ass off. That’s my plan. I’ll know exactly how it’s going somewhere in the late 10’s/early 11’s. There are few feelings that can compare to sitting in a hotel room the night before a race like this, having everything taken care of and nothing at all taken care of. In the morning, we’ll all wake up to an elected fight and then go out and do our best to perform to stored hopes or expectations. The anticipation is always quite beautiful. Good luck to everyone racing tomorrow, here or around the world. #556

Eve Of Panama 70.3…

I’ve seen everything now. The swim is going to be fast - big currents in the canal. Apparently, the later your swim wave, the faster the current. I swim in the 3rd to last wave, so my 1.2 mile swim split should be somewhere around 4 minutes. Not quite, but close. There was a buzz floating around today about a very surprising bike course. I was able to get outside of the city and take a look - it’s aggressive. There’s a large bump heading out into the country and over the Bridge Of The Americas, then another long, steady climb called the monster or something equivalent. It’s LONG. It’ll take guts to ride this course well - attack up, fly down and repeat and repeat and repeat. The asphalt is smooth, and black, and it’s going to be hot - mid 90’s. Very difficult to gauge times and what to expect on speed so you just gotta go and go hard. Then, run your ass off. That’s my plan. I’ll know exactly how it’s going somewhere in the late 10’s/early 11’s.

There are few feelings that can compare to sitting in a hotel room the night before a race like this, having everything taken care of and nothing at all taken care of. In the morning, we’ll all wake up to an elected fight and then go out and do our best to perform to stored hopes or expectations. The anticipation is always quite beautiful.

Good luck to everyone racing tomorrow, here or around the world.

#556

  1. wearematt said: Good luck dude. Sure you’ll smash it.
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