A little run down

Last weekend must of had a bit of a negative effect on me. I am a bit sick with a cold in the middle of the summer. I guess it is better now than 3 weeks from now. I am about to force myself to go run for 2 hours in the heat. On the bright side, it is not after cycling for 6 hours so it shouldn't be too bad. I swam 2300 meters this morning and felt ok but not fantastic. I had a nice social ride last night with some old friends, including Ross Palmer who used to live here but now lives in Austrailia. There were 5 of us and I was quite a bit faster than 3 of them and not as fast as one guy (Dan) So, it was fun because I went fast with Dan for a bit and then we circled back for the others and chatted for a bit etc... It reminded me that training for an ironman is a bit of a lonely pursuit because you train so much and alot of the training you do by yourself. (or, at least I do)

I plan on doing some open water swimming in the morning in Rustico and then my last big ride on Saturday. I am going to do slightly more than 180 k so that I can say it is my longest ride ever. (because my longest ride has always been the ironman distance of 180 k) if i am going to do 180 k, i might as well do 182 k.