There was a gigantic earthquake in Chile last night, which generated a Tsunami. We've been on Tsunami alert for about 16 hours now, and the fun is starting to wear off. I wanted to ride this morning, but my long ride route takes me past very low lying coastal areas around the back of the airport and I figured it just wasn't worth the risk. So, I stayed home, glued to twitter, facebook and the news sites. Nothing scary yet, but apparently the danger's not over until 12 hours after the predicted first wave arrival time (or some junk like that).
Yesterday's swim coaching session went pretty well. I didn't get the lesson all to myself as I was hoping, as there was a Chinese guy with me. However, he can swim so it's all good. I relish the competition, and I beat him in sprints. Go me! I'll miss next weeks class though, as I'm off to Taupo to watch Ironman New Zealand. It's okay though, they are doing dives and tumble turns, neither of which will help me in open water.
I still haven't heard anything from the Ironman New Zealand organisers about my volunteer application so I guess I'll get to watch the whole thing and not be able to help anyone. Fine and dandy - although it would be nice to have heard that my help isn't required. I know they are busy and it's race week now, but come on, where's the courtesy email to say "nah"?
Tomorrow morning it's off to swim at 6am, tomorrow night it's back to the gym for strength and core training and interval runs. Tuesday is all about the bike. Wednesday is a 6am swim and interval runs. Thursday is a 6am spin class and to the gym for strength and core training. Friday I'm on a bus to Taupo (yay!) for six hours (oh joy) then I'll swim and walk. Saturday is Ironman, so it's my rest day. Sunday I'll swim and walk before doing the intro to Ironman session, then spending 6 hours on a bus back home. Big week.
Off to chillout for a couple of hours...catch you later.
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