A Canadian Century!

In way of explanation, in cycling circles a 100 mile bike ride is traditionally called a 'century'. Today I rode 100 Km's, hence the Canadian Century. Before I tell you more about that however a few points of business to take care of.

First, in respect of Claudettes openness to take some abuse about the tree stump, I have decided to come clean with my own bit of laundry and admit I lied! Here goes. My wee-wee is actually not that big, and never was! The other part I never lied about. It does go numb. Ladies out there(with the exception perhaps of a few East German female athletes) would not understand how disconcerting that can be.

Secondly, I have decided that anyone who wants to see a picture of the Damaged vehicle will have to pay money. And lots of it. Especially you Miguette! What a racket the autobody business is.

And thirdly I need some help with this "I DO" thing Roo is trying to back pedal on (hey thats funny) Everyone heard her say it right? Remember my bike is at stake



Ok, back to my ride. First off I woke up with that old dark sinking feeling which I just can't understand. Knowing I was going for this ride today somehow helped to get me going. I knew it was an ambitious undertaking, after all the furthest I had gone so far was 50K. I knew I wouldn't get a flat because I was carrying a spare, and you never get a flat then. Anyway a ride like this at this point I am very happy with. It is the kind of thing that motivates and yet keeps you humble. The last 20 K was an adventure. Never the less for me it was comfirmation that I can do the biking, and I also know that I'll have no problem with the swim, so thats 2 down. The scary part which will always remain so, is the thought of running a complete marathon afterwards. Thats why I have to train as agressively as possible without getting hurt. Its just over 11 months to d-day and for the last 2 or 3 weeks you can't do much. The biggest challenge I will have is getting through the winter in good shape especially with my biking. it's so hard to ride in the winter in Ontario because you alternately freeze and sweat and then refreeze. Regardless that will be my challenge as I refuse to use a trainer or rollers indoors as the boredom will kill me. One thing I did today was take music along. I have traditionally tried to avoid this as it seems kind of a yuppy thing, but I am starting to believe it helps for long distances, either riding or running. Anyway, that's enough for today. Talk to you tomorrow.



One last thought especially for my sisters to ponder. It occured to me today that so far in my daily dedications a trend has surfaced. All of them have been women. I hope this is not some kind of Freudion manifestation of my deeply rooted male chauvinism. I would rather think that if it is subconcious, that I am acknowledging the significant influence that the fairer sex has had on me. I know what Kylie does to me would bear that out.
For David...thanks for the motivation. Tomorrow I'm gonna take it easy.


Anyway, in keeping with that trend, and in respect of the great ride I had today I wish to dedicate day 5 to my Mom, who is kinder than me, any anyone I've ever met for that matter.

If you're going through Hell....keep going!

love
peter