Oh my! What a brick!! Well, now . . . I had a heckuva work out today! I've been meaning to do a 50 mile bike ride for a while. Well, today, I got it done. I did a 55 mile ride along the "Dam Loop." Not too bad, really, but I'm not used to riding that long. I managed to stay in the aerobars through most of it, but my neck was hurting a bit by mile 40, and by mile 48, my back was a bit sore. I was tempted not to do the run, but I pushed through it. I had planned to do a 5 mile run after the ride, but I limited it to 3 miles. Gonna be rough in 4 weeks if I don't do some more. I figure I'll do the 50 miler at least 2 more times, and maybe a third one the weekend before Iron Star. If I do it 3 times, I'll be SURE to go very easy the last weekend. There's still no getting around the fact that I've GOT to run and swim a bit more, too.

There ya have it, though . . . at least I know I can do the bike portion of Iron Star! It's going to be a very interesting half a day!