And I moved it back again!

Well, I tried a new blog site but as much as I like how it looked, I must admit that it is much easier to maintain this one.

So what have I been up to for the last few weeks? The good news is that I have made my minimum fundraising total!!! Thanks to all of you that have supported me. My total is just over $7500, and our team total is up to $537,000 which is quite amazing.

A quick update on training - we still have another month of heavy training before we start tapering off. Last week was another landmark training session. We set off to do a 104 mile ride around the vineyards up in Santa Rosa but due to some dodgy map reading ended up doing 120 miles by mistake. The last 15-20 miles were rough as it was quite hot out there which made it hard to tolerate the liquid energy drinks. I think that I must have been running pretty low on energy.
The following day we had an interesting pool session where we simulated a mass swim start in the pool. Basically, this involved trying to swim down a lane lined with the rest of the team trying to bash you with their swim belts. I woud heartily recommend it as a hangover cure.

On July 4th, I swam 2 miles in Aquatic Park in an hour with Steve and Cesar, and managed to keep up with them. Maybe I am getting the hang of this swimming business.....