Epic Camp Oz 05

The day between the competition days. I joined a few others for a morning wetsuit swim in the lake. The surface was like glass. I swam about 4km at a fraction below IM effort. I really should do more open water swims - they do feel different. I then went out for a 90km ride with four others. We went down the steepest grade I have been on which was pretty scary. Sometimes it felt like the brakes were not strong enough. It was about 3km long and there was a cattle grate at the bottom! Luckily I had managed to scrub off most of my speed by then. One of the guys heard a cracking noise half way down the hill. The bracket that was holding his handlebars to his stem had a crack in it so we called for the van. He was lucky it didn't give way completely.

We took it easy on the ride but I was pleased to feel that my legs had some strength back. I ran 12km off the bike and again felt surprisingly good especially up the hills. That made for a reasonable six hours of training although it didn't feel like a big day. Dinner, massage and a chat about anything IM related and I was ready for bed. I haven't always slept very well on this trip and I think it's been the same for many others. Not sure why - could be the new experiences every day making it hard to settle the mind.