"Ain't No Rest For The Wicked"

I decided that after a hard weekend of racing that I deserved a day off so I took Kylie to the "hat" store. We couldn't decide if she wanted to be a cowgirl or a southern belle and so we ended up with this combination.




Ain't she friggin beautiful! She looks a little like her grampa don't you think.

Anyway by the time we got back from our shopping trip, my excuse for a day off started to seem a bit weak. After all, if I hadn't gone racing I would have done considerably more in my workouts. So I headed out for a fairly easy 65 kms on my bike and felt ok. Tired, but tired has become a permanent state. We did weights tonite as well. After all there "aint no rest for the wicked"!

I'm struggling with how to approach the Half Ironman which is now less than 2 weeks away. While the primary intent of the race is as a test run for the big one and as a long workout, I also want to enjoy it. If I have a good day it could be a big confidence booster and so I am tempted to rest a few days in advance....but is that smart, I don't know? From here on in everything matters, and after all "there ain't no rest for the wicked"

I wish to dedicate day 278 to Jeff Fender, a friend of Penticton Paul who has been advising me on race nutrition strategy

"Our nature consists in motion; complete rest is death."---Blaise Pascal

"Rest breeds rust."---Anon

"Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb."---Robertson Davies

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peter