busy packing

It is really tough to pack for a 10 day trip to Hawaii when you're doing an Ironman. My weekend was spent mostly on tuning my bike and packing.

My bike tuning included: replacing the chain, putting on a new cassette, replacing brake pads, replacing front derailuer cable and housing, cleaning, etc. I still have to take it apart and get it in the bike travel case. I also found out my race wheels aren't true, so I'll need to get that taken care of before I leave. The wheels came with a special truing tool, that I spent an hour trying to find. Finally found it with fairly detailed specs on the tension required. Sena is going to drop them off at the bike shop tomorrow.

My battery on my heart rate monitor seems to have died, so I'll want to replace that before I go. Hopefully it is just the battery. I'll probably want to clear the memory on my Garmin too, so I don't get that 'out of memory' message 40 miles into the bike. I only run out of memory maybe once a year, but I don't want to take any chances.

I put all my protein drink mixes into plastic bags - I just hope airport security doesn't mistake it for drugs! - it'll be in my carry on, so low likelihood.

There are hundred little things to remember - well I have a few days to get things in order.