Just checked the 10 day forecast for Tempe. Wish I hadn't! Tomorrow's high is expected to be 92 degrees. Holy cow! I almost fell out of my chair!! Luckily, tomorrow appears to be an anomaly, as the rest of the week starts to cool and return to highs in the low 80s. Typically, race day (November 22nd) has a high in the upper 70s, sometimes low to mid 80s. I'm definitely helping the weather gods help me out with some 70s type weather in 2.5 weeks! I'm doing what I can to prepare, including training with extra layers of clothes on to simulate hotter conditions, but it's just really hard to simulate real heat.
So, if you have a rain dance...well, I guess I wouldn't want rain, but you get the point! Everything else is set up. I have my bike transport all scheduled, plane tickets, hotel arrangements, rental car, etc. The only thing left to do is execute the upcoming taper as best as I can. I've been told that I can be a little hard to be around come taper time, so let me apologize in advance :) The race is getting very close at this point. Luckily work has been very busy which has been a nice distraction. Yet, my mind still wanders back to what I'm about to attempt and what it's taken to get here. Soon this chapter of my life will be closing, or depending on how you look at it, beginning. And I can't wait for the conclusion. Thanks for reading,
-T
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