Alrighty then...Does anyone really know what the "T Minus 10, 9 , 8" thing means anyway? I don't. One thing I do know is that we've done something everyday to get ready for our trip and the list never seems to get shorter. We finally got all our food squared away, so thats one less thing.
Jamie and I have been out for a couple spins on the new Cannondale 29ers and everytime we are overcome by the realization that we are going to be riding mid season miles on pre season legs in less than a week. "Is it flat in patagonia?"
We've kept up on our gym workouts for the past few months, focusing on lots of multi-joint movments and circuit training. We are physiclly stronger and bigger in the upperbody than ever, Jamie's up 5 lbs and I'm up 8...all in upperbody mass and core strength. This has been an intentional attempt at not sucking so much on the paddles...Hopefully this will work cuz even though there's only 10% paddling in this race we're talking about 50+ miles of intense ocean kayaking.
I am looking forward to getting away from work and kicking the crap out of myself but there's something inside me that's freakin out about the pain and suffering that we are going to go through. Adventure Racing is about enduring more discomfort than anyone should ever have to. We continue to sign up from races regardless of this fact because...well i guess I don't really know why...I guess I summed it all up in our application to Patagonia. When asked "What makes you think your team should be admitted into this race?" My responce was simple...
"We're racers, we race...It's what we do."
-Yacky Out
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