@Josh De Jong i plan to!

poop. I can’t make it today actually, have a good swim everybody! I look forward to seeing everybody bright and early on race day!

In your blog you mentioned how your neck and back were sore during IM Maryland due to training indoors without a helmet…man did that cause some déjà vu of Taupo 70.3WC!! That race was in December so all training rides were in my video game-pain cave (which weren’t many because idgaf about my time for that race) and trying to hold my bobble-head of a helmet up while in aero position was the absolute hardest part of the bike! Lesson learned the hard way. After dabbling in swimrun last year I learned a top secret tip to help keep your shoes drier for those trail runs that have rain or water crossings where soaked feet is inevitable. Drill like 3-5 small holes in the forefoot of your trail shoe so water is able to drain. It’s batshit crazy but it works.😂 Your 50k with only 1 blister has inspired me to upgrade my sock game before my upcoming marathon🙏 Double decker couch, 10 out of 10. No notes. Do you mind if I share the link of your blog to my nerdy facebook tri group?

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Race cancellation depression is starting to kick in😫. Unlucky for me, Ben booked a nonrefundable hotel…which means we’ll be spending a rainy and non-running related weekend in Carmel.🎉 So If you’re interested to hear about my new weekend plans, I guess on Saturday morning you can find me sobbing into a hotel waffle and tracking what better be a tornado or hurricane that wrecked my fun. (with no medal, PR, or banana) 😆

Clincher and I have an assortment of valve sizes and extenders but the damn pump nozzle can’t fully clamp down on the valve because it’s too tight inside the wheel…and the crack pipe thing either leaks air or it gets the valve extender stuck in it and it comes off with it😂😂 it’s a disaster. All of my problems would be solved with a smaller and skinnier pump nozzle that doesn’t seem to exist. My Sherpa (who seems to think I know more about bike mechanics for some reason?) said he’d look at it tomorrow…so hopefully that means he’ll look at it by next month lol

sooo… I found the root of all of my problems and it turns out my valve cores aren’t suppose to bend like this. 😂 I am a self proclaimed bike idiot 🤦‍♀️ And I have a dope new bike pump that’ll prevent bendy core from happening again 👍