Some athletes say the hay is in the barn when taper starts, others say the cake is baked...well, whether its hay in the barn or a baked cake..my major training is done. I am doing this thing. After three years of training we are two weeks from race day. A few great things have happened in the past few weeks...I have run some surprisingly fast miles, I have finished some solid bike rides, I have been in the lake and pool...my job is great...I went to a conference...the Speed Factory Racing team and Coach Sean had an amazing sendoff for me, and gave me a gift certificate for a massage that I had yesterday and it was AMAZEBALLS. Ask me about yoga balm. Other things, eh...the worst being that I was nearly hit by a car while riding yesterday...I swerved and stopped fast, but David was behind me and he hit my leg, then went down hard. He's very banged up, but will be ok. I'm fine, just a tire burn on my calf. I need to spend the next two weeks focused on recovering from niggles...