Shortest day

There's not going to be many daylight hours today so thankfully it's a lovely day. Being the shortest day must be a good thing, as we can now look forward to Daylight Savings only 14 weeks away & warmer temperatures. Kathy & I really hope next year isn't this cold as we build for Busselton.

Back track to last weekend & we had a great weekend in Auckland whilst Kathy was slaving over the books at Uni. The kids & I went up the Skytower on Saturday afternoon then had dinner with Kathy's sister & her 4 kids. Noise , noise , noise !!!!

Sunday we met up with a friend I worked with at Fuji Xerox in Auckland & also a budding Triathlete, his daughter & went to Kelly Tarlton's. The kids love anything to do with animals & this was no exception. Being able to see King penguins is pretty cool, freezin infact. We were there when the keeper fed the huge Stingrays which was quite unreal ( gave me a few tips for this summers open water swimming ).

Great weekend & then the drive back home. This is the only reason I actually went with Kathy was to drive home.

The rest of the week has been good on the training front. The normal hill windtraining session was good, morning run felt good ( apart from the temperature ), interval run on the treadmill was a little more successful than last week, good swim, & I got a small ride in on Saturday afternoon.

Spent Saturday morning down in Whakatane at the Monty's Revenge race being support for an athlete work sponsor.

Swimming this afternoon then the week rolls around & we do it all again.

Why ??????

To lose weight, go faster on the bike, run faster, to be a good role model, you enjoy it even when going gets tough, or does this sport become addictive unlike playing soccer, rugby, netball etc.

For each individual it is slightly different but the common thing I think is the bond between triathletes unlike team sports. We're all mad !!!!