Light at the end of the tunnel

Good news and good news to start the week off.  Nice!

I had a call from the mechanic today, to tell me that he's found a part for my car which is on a courier as I type.  He's going to check it in the morning to see if it's in good nick, and if it is, the repair bill for my car will halve.  Awesome!!!  I'm trying not to get too excited right now, just in case it all turns to shite again!

I've entered my second triathlon, the contact triwoman at Narrow Neck on 23 January, so it's 2.5 weeks away.  I'm hoping the car can be fixed by then as I need it to transport my bike and gear.  So, I'm having a trademe frenzy this afternoon, loading everything i can get my hands on so that I can get my car back on the road!  Nobody seems to want one of my kidneys, so that's out - but I will buy a big Wednesday and oz lotto ticket for this week, just in case.

My training is slightly off the boil.  I swam on Friday and again yesterday, but with the crazy work placement hours, public holidays and the mother of all hangovers on Sunday (including bloody sore feet from five hours of nonstop dancing the night before), it's all gone to hell in a handcart.  Good thing then that in the past when I've missed a few days of training, I've gone back stronger than ever.  

Fortunately, my local gym is back to normal hours from today so I'll be heading down for a big session later.  I was supposed to do a brick today but I'm too damn tired from my 5.30am start with only 4.5 hours sleep!!!  In my defence, I did a 1km swim yesterday instead of 750m as I got caught up in my hypoxic breathing drills.  And, I'm biking to work placement tomorrow and on Friday, and swimming Thursday and Saturday.  I'll run tonight, Thursday and Saturday.  I'll do a big bike on Sunday, and then Monday it's back to reality - work, uni, etc.

With the car off the road, I'll be walking to the train station and back to get to work.  No dramas there - but I'm now starting to think about riding to work and back three days a week. Might not be such a bad plan, and a good way to get an extra 120-200km per week on the bike (depending on 3 or 5 days a week).  It will save a fair whack in petrol, train fare and train-related drama too.

Right, it's time for a pre-training nap so until tomorrow, have a great one!