Ironweek

I’m so excited because it’s Ironweek.  Yes, that’s right – it’s just 5 more sleeps until Ironman New Zealand.  Awesome!  I can’t wait until Friday to get on that bus and hit Taupo hard.  I’m going to run and walk and swim like mad.  I’m going to take about a million photos, and generally have an awesome time!

I will not be volunteering at Ironman New Zealand because the volunteer person still has not replied to my email of last week, asking what was going on.  I am sick of waiting (over 7 weeks and counting since I put in my application) and feel that the silence is a bit rude, so I have withdrawn my application.  The Ironman 70.3 Geelong people kept in regular contact and told me what I would be doing more than a week out. 

It is just days to go and the NZ people do not seem to be interested.  It would be courteous to at least reply and tell me I am superfluous (particularly after arranging all my travel to suit the whole of race day).  Oh well, it is their loss.  Gives me time to enjoy the event and pop up randomly on the course for Sean!    

Had a pretty good swim session this morning.  Did 500m in the pool, nothing too strenuous as I’ve got an epic gym session tonight.  Since I’m only doing a max of 300m swims in the four tris I have left this season, there’s not a lot of point doing huge distances right now.  It’s more about technique and quality rather than quantity at this point in time.

Tonight I'm meant to hit the gym for strength and core training, followed by interval runs.  I'm really tired today and keep wanting to go home and sleep instead.  Let's see how I feel when I get home though.