Seujan and I went out for a ride on the I.M. Course again today...it was a but windy and the road has a lot of chip-seal (guess who forgot her gloves in seattle and is getting a good case of rumbled hands?), but otherwise great. We saw a herd of sheep stirring up a big cloud of dust as they were actually BEING herded by a dog and 2 ATV's (nothing like modern technology roaring up the hillside!). Anyway, since SJ has only has 2 rest days between she and Ironman and I have, well, 6 months to train for one, I thought I should buck up and I went out further when she turned back. I flipped around at mile 24 hoping that the headwind I'd been fighting the whole time wouldn't flip when I did, but alas, Murphy's law of biking headwinds is also in effect in NZ. No tailwind for me. However, I scored when 2 Australian women from our Endurance Sports Travel group came up behind me (they'd been vanned out to the 28 mile turnaround, so they were only about 6 miles into their ride). I let them pass and then hopped on for a nice draft. They, of course, were on much nicer bikes with much fitter legs, but I managed to hang on (sans aerobars, which are home with my gloves). They were very friendly and it was a great ride back into town. I have a LOT of training between me and August, but I'm on vacation now and trying not to feel like I'm behind!!
We're off for a boat ride in a little while...Seujan has been "adopted" by a local business (they do that for foreign Ironman racers), so we got invited out on a boat ride with "drinkipoos" with several accountants. It's been great being IN the lake, so we're looking forward to being ON the lake...
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