Fuel4mance: First day in Changping

Changping is about 35 minutes North of Beijing and is where I am staying with the triathletes. I hit the ground running yesterday when I arrived. Once we boarded the bus for our hotel, I was thinking about how I would prepare the seven athletes dinner that night. Luckily, I am able to pick up food from our American dining facility where I was staying before and transport it to our hotel. I keep it cool in a big cooler and heat/cook the foods in a microwave that USA Triathlon purchased for me. It is pretty tight in my bedroom trying to prepare meals but I'm making it work. I love challenges so this is right up my alley.

Today, after making my morning drive to get the food, I came back, made the athletes lunches to go and then powerwalked 4k to the race venue to be with Sarah. She was allowed on the course from 10-12 and we wanted to chat about where she should choose her start position on the swim pontoon.

My credential that I received from the USOC luckily gets me full access to the venue and I am hoping that is the case on race day also. I was able to walk around everywhere on the course so enjoy some photos I took today.

This is a photo driving up to Changping from Beijing. Note the mountains and the blue skies. Wow! What a difference from when I left Beijing 1 week ago! The mountains here remind me of Aspen with the green coloring. Who'd of thought?