Perspectives

My first triathlon of the season was supposed to be this Saturday and I was wondering how everything would go. I raced Pelican Fest last year so I have an idea of the course and I think my training has been going as well as last year. We had a few warm days so the lake shouldn’t be too cold and it’s only a sprint.

Should I take a couple easy training days or just maintain my training. I still had to change the tires on the Cervelo from the trainer tires to the race tires. When would I get the time? And then there’s the graduation parties the night before the race and the race is an hour from my house so it’s going to be an early morning. I haven’t checked my race gear for a year so I should pull everything out and make sure I have body glide and everything else I need.

That was the thoughts Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Around noon a massive tornado hit the town hosting the race. The tornado was traveling around 50 mile per hour and was reported to be a mile wide. The hail was reported as baseball size. The damage to cars, homes and businesses was devastating. Hundreds of people are homeless without power and utilities.

It puts my case of nerves in perspective.