Race day -1

Woke up to pretty much same weather as Victoria the past couple of days. Cold, cloudy and damp.
Found a mall with a huge store very similar to our SuperStore. Loaded up with groceries for our meal tonight and my modified race morning meal. We also picked up a package of large garbage bags so we can use them as ponchos while waiting for race to start.

Set up the bike for racing, and packed all my gear bags with extra everything. What I wear, how many times I will change will all be determined as the day progresses. We have a gear/clothing change opportunity after the run before we get on our bikes and again when we get off our bikes before the final run leg.

The key will be staying warm on the bike. The run should be ok at maybe 10-12degrees so thinking of just putting on a fresh top and go.

Dropping everything off was a little confusing as it appears things were a little behind at race site. In the end, got my bike racked and covered with plastic the race provided us. Then we hauled our gear bags we packed and brought with us back to bus and hotel as they decided leaving our bangs hanging overnight in pouring rain was not the thing to do.

Got pretty wet and cold by the time bus returned us to our hotel so ran a hot bath and warmed up while Sharon set up our buffet dinner (fantastic rustic bread, rotisserie pork, tomato and cheese).

Writing out how I will address each transition tomorrow and plan-a and plan-b clothing options. Likely won't matter because we expect to be drenched and it ain't going to really matter.