For any of you that are familiar with the site coming into Murray on the new 68/80 bypass from Kenlake and topping that last hill and you can see the main intersection for 641, you will understand this. When I saw that stoplight it was like Dorthy and Toto seeing Oz for the first time….I was thrilled. Yes, I made it and am alive for right now. Remind me to never do that again or at least not until I get some padded shorts. That is probably the worst part of it, my butt is so sore right now.

I forgot to add in the miles that it took me to get to the sign that says Kenlake 14 miles away. So the actual roundtrip was 36 miles, well 36.3 that I did in 2 hours and 15 minutes flat. I feel it was a really good time considering the heat and stopping about 1/2 way back to pee. It’s amazing how your bladder has to let go after being pinched off for so long on a bike seat and then you stand to pedal. Well going there (18 miles) I made it in 50 minutes. I was pumped, because I hit 30 mph at one point pedalling downhill. The bad news is as soon as I turned to come back from Kenlake (the other 18 back) I realized why I made such good time….a hella tailwind was behind me. It was the worst 18 miles of my life pedalling into that wind that was behind me on the way there. I think it helped keep me cool, but I could have done without that just so it wouldn’t have taken so long to get back cause my legs had to work twice as hard and the butt was already raw from the first 18 miles.

Well so for the events my longest non-stop miles are this now:
Swim: moderate pace 600 meters
Run: Good, steady 6.5 and higher mph 4.75 miles
Bike: Fast down and slow back because of wind 36 miles

Just put it this way, the people that do ironman triathlons are in such great shape!

In relaxing the rest of the night after I eat deuce deuce!

LJ