Now that I have no silly swimming races with which to distract myself, the unavoidable disaster that is looming closer by the minute is The Straddie Salute.
I signed up for this race just before Christmas, as a way to bridge the massive gap between my baby Bribie Triathlon (300m-10km-3km) and the Olympic distance Noosa Triathlon coming in October (1.5km-40km-10km)
And suddenly the Straddie race day is only 7 weeks away on Saturday! Which means THE TAPER is only 6 weeks away. Which means PEAK WEEK is only 5 weeks away. Which means it is time to FREAK OUT.
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