Have kept away from swimming at the end of last week so was keen to get out in the water today.
Woke first at 5am with small child entering my bed. He snuggles as close to his dad as possible so as not to wake the roaring lion on the other side (me) who makes him go back to his own bed! Back to sleep momentarily then woken with Greg leaving for work. All the rest of the family still sleeping. Get up, get my usual porridge with yogurt, protein shake, coffee and large bottle of water - breakfast! The tribe awakes and today, Max was the only one who actually greets me happily. The other 2 having issues of some sort or another that apparently are my issues to solve. Sort dishes, beds, clothes, lunches, washing and then off to do school run. Georja to her school, Lockie to his school and then Max to kindy. Fortunately Lockie had forgotten that he was NOT going to school today under any circumstances and got out of the car without a fuss!
Home to collect bike, morning tea and swim bag. Into Cyclezone where I got a much happier reception than the one I got first thing from my children! Bike is in for a pre-Ironman check. I was proud to say that I got my new tyres on not only by myself, but also around the right way!! (Yes - bike tyres have a certain direction they went in - who knew!!)
Head out to the Blue Lake - sending a quick text to Greg on the way as I hadn't actually told anyone I was swimming today. Got into wetsuit and headed out to the 7th buoy and back 2x for my scheduled session for the day. Tested out my new goggles and they work! Out of the water and a quick run around the grassed area in my wetsuit to simulate the 400m run to transition area on Ironman day (much to the humour of the old couple having coffee in their camper van probably wondering what on the earth I'm doing!!) Am continually blown away by the gains made over the last 6months in my training. Not only is this distance now 'easy', but I can also do it on my own with not even a glimpse of panic or terror that I used to get in open water. It just shows that if you just stick to doing something over and over, it soon becomes habit.
Home for shower/lunch etc and a quick sort of the stuff I have started to collect on bedroom floor. Seperated things into 3x bags today - swim, bike and run bags and realised I have nearly sorted everything I need! Yay me! Got out my race plan again and tweaked a few things here and there. It is so helpful to get things sorted in your head early, as today I realised that I will need to put my bike fuel in my swim bag, not in my bike bag as it is going in my little bento box on my bike when I check tyres etc first thing in the morning of race day. It is little things like this that you don't need throwing your head into a spin come race day!
Before I knew it, it was time for the afternoon school/kindy run and off to collect my bike. Hugest thanks to the team at Cyclezone who have kept my bike maintained over the past year and also helped me out with advice. My bike has seen and done a lot in its time but will definitely make it to the end of another Ironman!
Lockie, Steff and Benny at Cyclezone Rotorua.
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