6 days to go

Well actually 5 days, 20 hours and 30min! Thats the first full taper week done and dusted.

It ended up being a pretty cruisy week overall with only 7:16hrs of training. I skipped one run and only did 2 proper swims (4 last week) for the small totals of 3.4/97/35.

Yesterday I rode with the RW crew and Phab set the ride for my benefit! It was just a 'round the river' with some all out efforts at Burke Drive, Left bank, Leighton, Victoria Ave/Jutland Pde and Mounts Bay Rd. It was just the ride I was after too! Perfect little hit out one week from IM. Big Greg and I got to the coffee shop at about 8:05 where as the main group did a Kings Park loop! We'd had enough. Also, I wanted to check the calibration on my bike computer, so we went down to Terrace Rd and ran our wheels over those 500m survey markers (All good). PJ rocked up for brekky and most of the usual suspects were there too, so that was great. I haven't been able to sit and have a coffee and breakfast there for ages. Everyone was really nice and was asking me about the race and my prep etc and all wished me well. They are a great bunch of people that RW crew.

Then it was home and flat out getting ready to go up to Lake Leschenaultia for a big Xmas picnic with all our good friends with kids. This proved a to be a very expensive day. I think the transmission is blown in the Commodore. We got about 2k up the road before it crapped itself and would hardly move. Not happy. I am in denial, as for the 2nd time in a few years - a transmission is going to stop me upgrading to a new telly! Bloody cars. Anyway, I put it mostly out of my mind and we enjoyed a pretty relaxing afternoon at the lake with a bunch of great people. I went for a swim of around 400-500m out into the middle and back and I felt good. The reed type things growing on the bottom were a bit annoying as they kept brushing my arms and even my body as I swam, even out in the middle where it was a bit deeper. We BBQ'd some chicken and had dinner before we tipped everyone into the car and headed home.

3 more swims, 2 more rides and 2 more runs in the next 5 days...then the big one. Bring it on