Ironman Nightmare

The anxiety must be starting...subconsciously at least. I woke up in the middle of the night primarily because the dog was taking up the bottom half of the bed, but also because I was having a bad dream.

Dream #1
It was the day of Ironman Louisville (which is two weeks before Wisconsin) and I called my friend Katherine to find out how the race went. She told me that it went really well and she finished around 12 hours. I was amazed because while she is an excellent runner she does not compete in or train for triathlon. Then she told me that Jill went around 9-10 hours and Kristin went around 8 hours! I was so confused and jealous that these girls had done so well since all three of them are training for a fall marathon, not triathlon. Then all of a sudden it was my race day and all of the athletes were gathering in a houseboat before the start of the swim. I realized that I had not packed my special needs bag, and had not eaten all morning. I frantically searched for food and found some energy bars. While I was stuffing my face I realized that I needed to have some food for the rest of the race so I started shoving Clif Bar after Clif Bar down the front of my wetsuit and tri top to save for later. Now I'm awake and something is crushing my legs...Dog.

Dream #2
After I fell back asleep I found myself still dreaming about the Ironman. It was now time for the marathon and the course was poorly marked. The streets were not closed off and I followed other runners into a large mall. The mall was still open and there were runners and non runners everywhere. This made it impossible to know where to go. I furiously ran up stairs and down hallways looking for some kind of direction. I finally made my way back downstairs and found Beth. "I am so glad that I never have to be in this mall again!" she said to me. She had made it through, but which way did she go? She told me to go back upstairs using the marble staircase. I followed her instruction and found myself in the middle of a cheerleading tryout. I was about to head back downstairs when I noticed Saori (who really is doing Ironman Louisville next weekend) and Beth practicing their cheer routine. I had not practiced the routine! I faintly hear "Hey There Delilah" and open my eyes. It's the alarm and thank God the race isn't today.