Two Weeks

Two more weeks until the big day. I'm starting to feel very nervous! Two main questions are running through my mind: When do the roads re-open (I need to finish before the roads re-open) and will it really be humiliating to be the very last person to finish?

We had a mini-tri today. It was my first time swimming with my wetsuit. I discovered the wetsuit takes about 20 minutes to put on and 10 seconds to get off! I also discovered that the wetsuit creates the sensation that I am slowly suffocating to death. The wetsuit comes up around my neck and puts just enough pressure on my trachea to cause me to feel as though I may die at any moment. Apparently this sensation is completely normal and I just need to 'get used to it'. Windpipe crushing aside I did finish my mini-tri and felt pretty good. Slow, but good. Very very slow, but good.