"Half Way??"

I spent an hour on the phone with my new mentor tonite, who I'm gonna call Kelowna Paul. I mentioned that this guy has done the race 5 times and as such is already proving to be a great resource. He has practised a very religious approach to a very controlled race and one of the philosophies he learned is this.

After you have swam 4 kms, rode 180 kms and ran half the marathon (21.1kms) you're half way home!! I think it's brilliant and I'm gonna embrace the thinking. The message of course is that at this point of the race your tank better still be half full. That means staying in complete control of your effort and your nutrition.

An interestaing training day today. My swim was a little better this morning. I think I'm climbing out of that hole. Then Peter came over and took me through my weights. He is going to stay on top of me this time. And then I rode for an hour on the trainer...a fairly intense ride on sore legs.

Tomorrow I have to go see the dentist at the hospital so they can ask me if I do my fluoride trays every day. I'm just gonna lie to them.

I wish to dedicate day 175 to my friend and co-worker Markus Zanker, who leaves me alone, and lets me do what I do.

“True valor lies half way between cowardice and rashness."---Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

love
peter