11.04.06
If I had one word to describe Cancun, it'd be WET. We have had some crappy weather here in Cancun, but at least it's not cold. I am getting quite sick of riding my bicycle in the rain though.
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views from the balcony |
hotel room (click photos to enlarge) |
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At our hotel, the Cancun Plaza Condo hotel, we are getting exactly what we paid for at $50/night. Hard mattresses, stained sheets, mismatched patchy towels, leaky AC, ants, and no hot shower water. We do have a kitchen and I plan on making my oatmeal tomorrow morning, if I can find some at Walmart (yes, Walmart in Cancun). There just aren't any grocery stores down on this section of the Hotel Zone since most of the hotels are all-inclusive. Staying here would have been more manageable if it were only 2 or 3 nights rather than 6. I have learned my lesson!
The section of road between our hotel and the host hotel has many other hotels under construction... so there are a lot of sketchy construction workers whistling and cat-calling every time we go by. Kind of ridiculous, they don't seem to get much work done.
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(photos: www.triathlon.org) |
on the podium |
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The team race on Wednesday (ITU Elite Team World Championships) was really fun and I earned a hefty paycheck. We chose a good order for our team (Sarah Groff, Mary Beth Ellis, then me) that maximized our strengths and helped us earned the 2nd place. I had a solo effort on the 250meter swim/6.6k bike/1.6k run course since it spread out so much. I'm glad though - the Spanish anchor is a quick runner and although it was only a mile run, I was a bit worried about her catching me. The Italians won, which was okay because they seemed to really take this seriously. Honestly we were aiming for a good workout before the race and to have fun racing a relay format.
So after being here since Tuesday I am really ready to race. I am not afraid of jellyfish (I already got stung on Wednesday!), I'm not afraid of rain (it's rained EVERY day) and I'm not afraid of running hard in the heat/humidity. I am pretty excited and ready to get it over with!
