Adventures of Bike Drop Off

The Family signed up for TriBike Transfer for Canada. It's a brilliant money maker with, what I imagine, a low overhead cost. Basically, for $300+ you have a kid in a UHaul transport your bike and a bag to Canada so you don't have to break it down into a bike case or lug through customs. Each UHaul holds about 50-60 bikes... can someone say cha-ching!?

The only downfall with TriBike is you have to say goodbye to your bike over a week before the race. For our Family, that was not an issue. Let's be honest... we saw it as a great excuse not to workout!

So, Friday was our drop off date at Edge. Shouldn't be a problem, right? Well:

• I was in Costa Rica for work, and the forecast called for severe rain showers
• In order to get all the outdoor shots we needed for the spot, our shoot was at risk of spilling over a day. That meant I wouldn't get home until Friday even, way after the store's hours
• Goldy offered to take my gear for me as a contingency - awesome!
• Except, Goldy... on Friday, went to start his car after lunch with bikes and gear in it... to find it wouldn't start (something to do with electrical malfunction)
• So, Goldy calls Adult Supervision for help (It should be noted, Adult Supervision... the poster child of Ironman training... already had her gear dropped)
• Adult Supervision was off to Edge with now both Goldy's and my gear...
• Throughout the day, 2010 Shannon (or as the group called me that day OCD Shannon) called the shop, Goldilocks and text'd Adult Supervision to quadruple check my bike was on that truck (and not the one going to Ironman Louisville) I have issues with control...
• Having heard this, Goldilocks considered intentionally putting his bike en route to Louisville and avoid doing Ironman Canada all together... I had to tell him "no, he's doing the race with us! Not just wine tasting and cheering us on!"
• At one point Hank from Edge and Adult Supervision decide to play a joke on me for all my anal retentive behavior. They claim my bike will head off to Mrs T's Tri in Chi-Town. My response: "Great! That's a shorter race! I'm fine with that!"
• To which I received no response... I guess it's on the truck! (Oh, and so is Goldy's)

Race day is 7 days away. And since no one has a bike... we all... **BREAKING NEWS** swam today!

(Well, I tried. Had to get out of the pool after 40 mins due to a shoulder problem. Bummer!)

Tomorrow's our last "long" run of 6 miles and then Wednesday we are off to Canada! If the bikes make it there, great. If not, we always have wine tasting!