The week is well underway; I've recovered properly from the weekend mileage with rest both Sunday and Monday and a bike commute yesterday. Today, I’m back to my run-commute and Friday, I’ll do the same. Saturday, I’m planning on another 30 miler in Cuyamaca State Park. We’ve had high winds, hot temperatures and low humidity since the end of last week but we’ve seen a quick change and its cooling off which will make the long run Saturday less of a drain.
The race is in 37 days and I'm still feeling good about where I'm at. It's hard to feel "confident" because 100 miles is such an unknown but I do know that I've been responsible about increasing my volume without risking overtraining or throwing off the balance in the other areas of my life.
The loss of SD triathlon club member, Dave Martin, has been on lots of people's minds this week. It's been surreal as it was such a blow to the local community but locals were out in the water all weekend with the hot temps and many have resumed their routines of open-water swimming and of course, surfing. There have been some interesting reports released from shark experts like in this interview with Marine Biologist and shark expert Jeff Graham from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. They were able to recover shark teeth from Martin’s body and measured the distance between the bit marks to determine the size of the Great White at a minimum of 15 feet.
Also, part of the Los Penasquitos Canyon that I ran in 3 weeks ago burned in a brush fire on Sunday. It's right below the Active Network headquarters and we can see the whole affected area from the office. The spring is off to quite the start!
On a more positive note, the Triathlon Club of San Diego published a little blurb about my half-Ironman race in Oceanside in the May club newsletter which I've attached. It's on page 3 and 6.
I hope you all are having a great week,
~Toby
