Yesterday was a perfect day and today was so so. I did manage to get 9 hours of sleep but had to work at it. Either way 9 hours is a good thing. My back is still sore, more sore than yesterday and I figure it is from all the travel related bending. Before we left to Morden, Alice and I did some running around picking up food for Saturday's post race barbecue at my parents.My brother Barret works at Nott Auto and he happened to have a 12 seater van that we could borrow for the triathlon. When we went to pick it up, the windows were written on with "Nott Auto proudly supports Bryan Payne" and "Come on Bryan - Suck it Up on the back windows". It was great touch, I loved it.
The entire family loaded into the "Hutterite Style" van and 2 hours later we were in Morden. In the van was my parents, my kids, their cousins Aaron and Coco, Alyssa's friend Elana and Alice. It was a lot of fun driving down together and listening to Reid fart and pee in a bottle. When we got there I took my bike out for a quick ride and found a major problem. One of the screws at the hub came loose and the wheel wasn't lining up properly. I fixed that and then finished my test ride. The road I was on was so busy and it was so windy that I almost wiped out when a large semi drove by in the opposite direction. When I got home I noticed two large pock marks in my tire. Like a woodpecker was chipping on my rubber. It freaked me out a little because I don't have a spare tire and Morden doesn't have a bike shop that sells high end wheels. I called my buddy Rich Sohor and he is going to bring one of his tires from home before the race starts. I'm still going to use mine, but I'll have his as a back up.
After a pasta Dinner, Davis Sohor and I drove the bike and run course. I'm really glad we did, I needed to see the valley. It is very steep and winding. It will definitely require care on the descent. The rest of the course is flat with, slight, slight, rollers. The run is a lot of twists and turns and again I'm glad we drove it because it is easy to get lost, we got lost a couple of times in the car and we had a map.
When we got back to the hotel my back was the worst it's been all day and was super tight. I still had to get some things ready and even though I didn't want to, I checked and tightened all the bolts and screws on my bike. Davis is staying with us and he brought his air mattress and is sleeping on the floor, it was a bit of comedy trying to find him a spot on the floor and having to rearrange furniture. Finally, I got to lie down, update my blog and now it's lights out.
Bike 15:13/ 7.70 km
Run 15:05/ 1.93 miles / 7:50 pace
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Hi B
Well done on the race. Pitty they didn't have enough marshalls, but at least it's a good result and not a dnf.
Just a note on that tyre, If i am not mistaken it looks like a continental tyre. Don't worry about those two "snake bite" holes. At first I also replaced the tyres only to be told by my bike shop guy that those are actually guides to know when your tyres are worn. as soon as you can't see the two little holes anymore it's time to replace the tyre.
Getting a van from your brother to use sounds SO familier with me being in the motor trade as well. Always nice having someone in the trade helping with wheels.
Can't wait for the photos, and how's the back the day after the race?
Well done again
J
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