I’m starting off on a rapid-fire weekend! Last night I stayed with Rory in Boulder, this morning I swam with Tyler Butterfield at the outdoor 50m pool, and now, after a solid breakfast with Rory and Mojdeh, I’m on the shuttle to Denver International for a quick flight to San Francisco. There, I’ll get a ride to my hotel from Christine, put my bike together, head to Treasure Island for a bike/run workout, plus the prerace meeting at 5. Then it’s dinner with Victor and my parents, and sleep.

And if one busy day isn’t enough, tomorrow I race at 1pm, finish by 3. Drug testing, then awards (hopefully!) at 3:30, then record breaking bike packing and a quick trip to Oakland to catch a 5:45pm flight back to Denver.

I love this.

Last week I came down with a fever. I was nauseous, hot, and achy all over. Then it went away, I felt like crap for another day and didn’t train, and then I felt awesome and gradually started getting back into a routine. Looking back, it wasn’t gradual enough, but as I lay here with an even higher fever than last week’s, and a splitting headache that won’t subside - hindsight’s twenty-twenty.

I did have a good weekend of training, however, and I’m pretty confident with my preparations for the Miami International Triathlon this weekend, so even if I stay in bed drinking Nuun and eating bananas from now until the race I think I’ll do well.

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