DREAM 1 - WHERE'S MISTER?
In early January I had a fantastic dream of being in Lake Placid with my IM support crew. We were race prepping and getting everything together the day before the race. I was focused and ready to go as I headed to bed the night before IMLP. Upon waking I did my usual routine and started to head to transition with Adam and my brother. As we were walking to transition I kept having the thought that we were forgetting something...then it hit me. I TOTALLY FORGOT MY BIKE!!! Oh my gosh, it wasn't even in the state of New York. Mr. was sitting peacefully back home in DC and I was about to do an Ironman! How would I ever do an Ironman without my bike. I was a wreck, though I still headed to the swim start area as Adam and my brother assured me they would find a bike for me to use. That's were this dream ends...did they get a bike...was there a P3 waiting in transition for me...I'll never know. I was so very thankful this was a dream. Please do not let me forget my bike.
DREAM 2 - FUN HOUSE
on my first loop! I was WAY scared and couldn't fathom going through this thing, there were a few other athletes having the same thought arguing with the race director. As I watched the time on the clock tick by and realized my sub 4-hour marathon was not going to happen and my place in my age group started dropping as other people had no trouble making the turn around. I'm not sure if I ever went in or if I even finished the race...so PLEASE no clowns or Fun Houses on the course.