GUILT

so ... i've got heavy guilt building. tomorrow is the pleasant prairie olympic triathlon. at the moment (15 hrs before the start of the race) here is the weather outlook ... the race is going to occur sometime between "tonight" and "sunday"...

Late Afternoon: Occasional rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 66. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Tonight: Occasional showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 60. East wind between 8 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday: Occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 9am, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 9am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 70. East wind between 9 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a low around 64. East wind between 9 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

not encouraging.

So it goes something like this. Packet pickup is tonight, and you are required to leave your bike secured all night. If its crap tomorrow i'm not going to go to the race, so if I go tonight, leave my goods, and its crap in the morning I still have to go back. however, if i don't go tonight, and decide at 4am that the weather is going to hold, then i'm SOL because they only allow check in this night before.

add to the crap weather, i just haven't been feeling it lately. i think i'm in good shape, i could do the tri easily, i just don't "feel" it lately. i think i need the omnth of august off. i've come to the conclusion that next year it will be a tri specific or cycling specific season. its too hard to do both ... they don't compliment each other well.

against my better wished, and at the loss of $100, i'm calling it quits right now.

big bummer