It occurred to me I haven't blogged away enough lately, so I thought I'd make a triumphant return to this space with a weather report: 49 degrees and light rain Saturday.
That's right, a whole four degrees warmer than before for the men's race. The women's race looks like it might be in trouble, with thunderstorms in the Friday forecast. Such is weather in the Midwest.
Little Five guide should be out tomorrow, I recommend it as high reading. Buckey and Rosenstein got some good stuff in there, I know I'm looking forward to it.
Enough self-promotion, and on to some real blogging. Not sure how the track was today, a test kept me in class at practice time (though I did get out and enjoy the wonderful weather on the road this morning). I can tell you the turns were scary stuff yesterday, with a couple of minor incidents arising. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt.
That's probably every team's biggest worry at this point. There's really no more time left for improvement on anything but confidence and technique. All anyone is worried about is tapering down to have the legs fresh as can be by race day.
Tonight is the final race briefing, where Mike Howard, the chief steward, will sit down with all involved and talk about what they should expect in terms of what officials will be looking for on race day. Howard is a straight-shooter, and listening to what he has to say - while certainly never determining a team's strategy outright - will often begin to at least paint a picture of what we all can expect on race day.
I know this has all been really nothing more than a collection of random thoughts, but all I (as I'm sure most of both the men's and women's fields) can think about right now is the parade lap and everything after, so my brain is pretty scattered at the moment.
Again, shameless promotion: Check out the Little 500 Guide in tomorrow's paper. And enjoy. Until next time, take it easy.
