Day 6, Week 6

Sleep: 7.5 hours

Weather: warm, some cloud

Main activity: Training, eating, rest

Training: 1 session - Ride/run brick (158K/4K)

The alarm woke me from a deep sleep this morning. Getting darker and darker in the mornings now. Saddled up and got away soon after 6am. Headed up through Stockton, Raymond Terrace and Seaham before looping around Karuah and returning home. Felt very lively on the bike this morning. Had some good stretches hooking along down in the aero position. Have decided I will ride the old Giant road bike at IM Aus. Have been generously offered some racing wheels which will help speed things up a bit hopefully. So, dreams of a new bike will have to wait. Averaged well over 30kph for much of the ride. Ended up taking a touch over 5 hours in total, making it once again my longest ever ride in both time and distance. Jumped off the bike and went for a short run of just under 20mins which also felt very good. Gained a lot of confidence from this morning and really feel like its all coming together. Need to keep building on this over the next few weeks however. Out for brunch which hit the spot. Caught up on a few jobs in the arvo and chilled out. Long run and maybe an easy swim planned for tomorrow.