London is a big city!

My brain is spinning....Tonight I started looking into the details for the trip to London in July. I love big cities, but this is ridiculous.

This might seem nerdy, but I like to line up details and do a run through before I do major things, especially like this. Maybe it's not nerdy for people who are into these events. But when things are unfamiliar, Yes, true confessions here. I get a bit nervous.

I'm wiped out tonight trying to figure out details. Besides the fact that London is ginormous (is that a word?), part of the problem might be that I'm trying to fit too much in as well. Catching up with old friends, organizing the triathlon and meeting a friend to take a few days for vacation is a lot. It all sounds great at the time but then I seem to lose sight of my main goal, which was to finish this race.

Andrew and I haven't emailed for months and that makes me a bit nervous since I just got an "out of office" reply from him. The bike I will be using, the places I will stay (for the most part) are all being organized by Andrew and Berna. Never having done a tri and not knowing what to expect on race day is piled on top of the fact that I am at the mercy of other people's kindness in hosting me to save a ton of money.....(so thankful for friends) I'm flying into an airport that is about 1.5 hours from where my friends live and atleast an hour from the tri site. I also started looking online to find a hotel near Eton College, just as a back up for the night before. As great as online maps are it's hard when you see on the map a railroad or something. Can you cross it and get to the site? Who knows!

Andrew did say he had some people I could stay with who live nearby. I'm hoping its biking distance and I can bike to the event really early in the morning. But worst case scenario?? I have no idea, so I was checking into hotels.

I'm a planner. I've learned to be laid-back and enjoy the ride. But at heart, I will always be a planner...and London is just a big city! My brain is spinning!!