Long overdue post

Between IM training and work I really haven't been getting on to post lately. Every weekend for the last 10 weeks has followed more or less this routine;

Saturday, meet Spence, Mike, Sandi, Erin and the usual cast of uber athletes on Oahu over on the windward side at 0700 for a 90-120 mile hammerfest bike ride followed by a 3-9 mile run. Drag my dead ass home about 3pm, eat a great meal that Marianne has been making to keep me alive, then bed. Sunday, get on the bike with Marianne around noon for a 1-3 hour "easy" ride, immediately followed by a 30 mile run at a 7:30-8:00 minute pace. Add in about 10K worth of swimming during the week plus some bike and run speed work and you start to see my dilema. Getting to the blog becomes a low priority.

However,.....I'm glad to say that all the work is now done and I'm tapering nicely for the race next weekend. My legs feel so fresh the last few days it's scary.

I did break my training routine last weekend to ride with the HACC because it was our friend Scott's last ride on the island. Scott and his wife Debbbie are moving to California. We will miss them greatly and hope to impose on their hospitality the first chance we get. Here are some pictures from the ride. Someone had the good sense to get a flat tire right in front of the most beautiful beach on the island, (Waimea) so I snapped a couple shots.