One Week From Muncie

I woke up and immediately looked at my phone like everyone else in the world.  What did I miss?  Was it still raining?  Where are all the cool people checking in this morning?

The first thing I saw was a text from my coach that included next Saturday’s forecast for Muncie, Indiana:

If this holds it’s about as close to perfect as it gets for a race in July.  Last year they shortened the course due to heat, now it’s bordering on a wetsuit race.

In sort of a twisted way, I have mixed emotions about the cool temperatures and the potential of a wetsuit legal race.  We’ve been doing some intense workouts in blistering heat to prepare, and while I realize that will only make for better races, part of me was looking forward to the struggle.  Don’t get me wrong, if this happens at Wisconsin, I’ll be jacked, but frankly my Rev 3 race was cold and rainy, and I was ready for the challenge of a pressure cooker.

Aside from the potential of wetsuits, this cool spell will produce a major benefit starting today.  We will build a better hydration base without even trying.  Not that our scheduled workouts are overly intense this week, but July in Nashville normally produces buckets of sweat.

But, I guess it’s all relative.  If the cool temps hold, we’ll likely push a little harder and see faster times across the board.  And, in the big scheme of things, this is probably better for long term confidence as we continue to focus on the gorilla at the end of the road.