The Day before...

I'll be leaving for New Zealand in a day's time. I'm all excited about the trip. It's gonna be my 1st time racing in the ironman and I'm also looking forward the relaxation after the race.

I tried on a wetsuit to swim on tuesday and wednesday and it felt really unusual. I tried swimming 1500m in the black skin and it didnt feel like a 2nd skin to me at all. I asked some others who have raced in wetsuits and they mentioned that I should be swimming fast in a wetsuit. However, I was clocking times that were 10-15% slower than my usual splits. I realised that the suit I borrowed is too big for me. Looks like I've to borrow it from the race venue at Lake Taupo. I hope they have a suit for my size... otherwise I'm screwed.

I have been following the advice and tapering 3 weeks prior to the race. However, due to the decrease in training time and mileage that I've been clocking in the recent months, I'm feeling a little sluggish. It doesnt help with all the chinese new year goodies lying around. I just pray that I can sleep well in NZ and I'll be forcing myself not to sleep during the plane ride there to overcome the jet lag.