I'm an uncle . . . again! Before the training update, just a quick word of congratulations to my twin brother, Steve and his lovely wife, Laura, for the arrival of their twin sons, Will and Alex yesterday at about 9:00 PM! They are beautiful!!!

Okay . . . on to the training!

Today was another day off. Seems like Sunday is becoming my official rest day. Seems with all that has to be done on the weekends, I have to cram it all in on Sunday if I want to have my Saturday rides.

Speaking of Saturday rides . . . yesterday's ride was a great 50-miler. I did the Dam Loop again, but this time, I actually followed the right path. I met up with another guy on 620 who was going the same speed I was and we just did the rest of the loop together. Nice guy. He's training for Iron Star, also, so we had a lot to talk about. He's done a half iron before . . . Disney 70.3 earlier this year. He was a wealth of information and a lot of fun. I hope I see him again on the Dam Loop ride again.

Now . . . for the ride itself . . . not much to tell. Averaged 19.7 mph, which isn't too bad, considering the hills. I figure if I can do 50 miles in a bit less than 2 1/2 hours, I should be able to do 59 miles in a little less than 3 hours, especially with all the adrenaline and race atmosphere at Iron Star. I just need to be careful not to blow up on the bike and destroy my run. Speaking of running . . . I need to do more of that! Maybe I'll do a short ride, longer run brick tomorrow.