Today's training was real nice. Shem hosted the crew once again and Casa Shem was like a big fat transition area. The driveway was littered with bikes, tools, cooler boxes, shoes, and all other tri paraphernalia - I honestly don't know how his parents put up with us. But they do and they're the bomb for it!

I took it easy on today's break session with the team. The husband and I were tempted to train together on the tandem but I knew a 60km bike ride was just not on the cards for me today, especially at his speed. Plus we hadn't even had a trial session to test out coordination and such, which would be oh-so-important at traffic light junctions, filter lanes and the like. The 'fast' crew consisted of myself, Lin, Jem T, Col aka Flyboy and Gretel. The others were labelled the 'deadly fast' crew. There is no room for 'slow' in the team, or so they say ;)

Lin, being an avid marathoner, gave me some running tips to help me run more efficiently and I immediately started panting less. Sadly, I started feeling the tendonitis niggle in my knee after two-ish ks and decided to turn around and head back. Lin and I ran right back to the welcoming cooler box and were glad to partake of its contents.

So I've spent three days this week on my road bike and have totally neglected my mountain bike. I feel kinda guilty about it but I must say I'm really starting to love being on my road bike - I hit 41km/hr on a flat for the first time today and felt rather chuffed about it. And I've just started giving my fellow teammates warning signals so that's good news too. It's all good, man.

Bike: 35km
Run: 4-5km
Bike Avg:25.5
Bike Max: 43.7
Energy: 784kcal