Very early alarm to get to the airport yesterday after a rough night of sleep—felt like pre-race sleep. Why do I schedule the early flights? So the flight was overbooked and we got bumped. Two ticket vouchers and $32 worth of airport food vouchers later and Teegan and I have about 12 hours to kill before our new flight—9:25 pm. With the kids in the capable hands of the grandparents, we decided that going home would just have disrupted the flow so we spent a leisurely day in Denver.
An early lunch followed by a few hours at the nature and science museum including an IMAX. Then some coffee shop hanging out and we were back at the airport by 6:00 pm. At the security checkpoint, the TSA took away my can of Vittoria Pit Stop (fix a flat in a can—not a CO2 cartridge)—not a big deal, but puzzling since they checked it out when we came through in the morning and said it was okay.
We had a pretty nice dinner at the Chophouse (in the airport) that only cost us a few bucks thanks to the vouchers. Then a long wait at the gate. Streamed a little TV (love me some hulu), made some calls, responded to email and facebook, and suddenly, we’re on the plane (a few short hours later…)
Flight was uneventful and they had the bike and our bag waiting for us when we got there. Quick shuttle ride to the hotel and we were in bed as quickly as we could get to it. Local time: 11:30 pm (about a 20-hour travel day from the time we woke up). Add in the missed workout yesterday and the early wakeup this morning, and I’m not excited about how getting here is gonna play out for me on Sunday but it’s behind me now.
Today: shower off the travel, breakfast, and build the bike at the hotel, then up to San Francisco with Teegan’s family. Packet pickup, race expo, mandatory athlete meeting, and dinner with an old friend from Colorado whose husband is racing (he has a very interesting story).
My mental is okay, despite it all, but it would have been better if we had arrived yesterday morning…
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