Into the launch tube

So yesterday began the ramp up to the Thanksgiving race, one of my least favorite times of the year.  After work I dropped off the materials needed for packet pick up and traded it for a big stack of paper race entries that I had to key in last night.  This morning instead of casually reading email and checking the headlines while I ate my breakfast I was instead sorting and massaging the participant data in order to provide a pre-registration plan/list that will be used during the two days of early packet pick up.  After work today I will be heading directly to packet pick up, which runs until 6:30, with a laptop in hand.  I will work on keying in paper on site to try to stay ahead of the data entry curve as much as possible.

Cindy and I are already looking forward to a personal celebration on Friday as it will mean we have cleared the largest hurdle on the race calendar for the last time and will be able to count our remaining obligations on one hand.