"Rained Out"

This is what it looks like outside my house at 9:53am today. It's all sunny outside and as I was eating my breakfast, I thought of how silly that we had to cancel day 1 of our provincial championship because of weather. However, it's humid like you wouldn't believe and there's no way the track will dry up before the "thunderstorm" rolls in around afternoon (that is beginning to sound like....like Snuffleupagus). Weather can be most frustrating sometimes.

[editted 20:02: Yeeees! The thunderstorm did materialize in the afternoon. Now I feel much better.]

My pre-race workout last night went as well as I could expect. I did a relaxed warm up before throwing in a few 200m sprints. It was very windy yesterday so speed wasn't really my concern. I just wanted to get my legs warm up. I also did five TT starts which progressively went from yikes to hmm-not-bad. Honestly, it was as well as I can do given the effort I put into practicing my starts so nothing much to complain here. I just have to remember my composure when I get called to the start line tomorrow.

Here's an update to my competitive season. A couple of days ago, I completed my registration for four marathons (Cambridge, Chicago, Ottawa, Duluth) so I guess the pressure's on now. I have been automatically slotted to wave 1 in Duluth so in the next couple of weeks, I will sort out my wave change request. As for Montreal24, I will likely arrive for the beginning of the event. I plan to hang out for a few hours (perhaps find a team who will take me) before making the drive back to Toronto in the evening. This way, I can have a normal sleeping schedule and not totally missing out on the fun.

Okay, I'm still not feeling stressed about Provincials. Being too relaxed may not be such a good thing.