Ironman Lake Tahoe - You Should be Nervous

That was the quote given to me today "You should be nervous, I am nervous for you".
Here is what I know:

1. It's going to hurt 
2. Shit will happen that I can't predict
3. There will be a point where it will be easier to stop then it is to continue

I have done the training I believe I need to do. Or at least 80% of what I set out to do. I've tried to manage it through being a father, a husband and do my job. At some point I've failed at everything and that's where the 80% comes in. I was 80% in line all the time. There was 20% of the time where I was an utter mess. 

I will post my training after I finish the race. 

What would I have done differently. 

1. I would have dialed in bike fit sooner. As it is I'll be riding 112 miles on a bike fit I have roughly 100 miles on. Not very smart. 
2. I would have done more swimming - But I always say that. 
3. I would have done more riding - But I always say that. 

What have I done

1. lost close to 15lbs since this time last year. 
2. Gotten my running back - I feel like a runner again. 
3. Ridden my bike really hard and I like it that way. 
4. Dialed in my food. I have no sugar crashes any more. I'm never super hungry. I enjoy food again. 

The all important race day nutrition plan. Here it is. 

1.  Water - At least one two bottles to any one bottle of anything else. 
2. Generation Ucan - I like it because it's a slow burning carb. It's tough to mix though. 
3. Race Day - This will be mixed in a bottle of Ucan and Bullet Proof MCT before the race, on the bike and on the run and at both feed zones. 
4. Salt Stick - 1 per hour
5. MCT Oil - I plan to burn fat
6. Amino Acids on the bike and on the run
7. Tums just in case

My race plan. Swim - Bike the fist lap steady - Bike the second lap at or slightly faster than the first. Run a comfortable pace for 1.5 laps. Give everything I have left on the last 1/2 lap of the run. 

Until then, I will slow down, ease up and let my body recharge for the effort at hand.