really????

the weather this summer has been sub-optimal. rained yesterday, wasn't supposed to rain today, just be cloudy and overcast but instead i was greeted with a nice wet sheen over everything when i woke-up and it is still misting. throw yet another wrench in the training plan. looks like it is swim this morning and if i get lucky and have time and the weather is any better i'll ride later.

the upside is that i am running more. in the last 3 days i ran 23 miles. might have overdone it a a little but suprisingly my legs feel alright today. maybe giving them a little rest and delaying the ride until this afternoon is a good thing.

last week i managed to make it up to madison to ride the course again. i rode the loop. the 1st 2/3rds were tolerable. the last portion i started to get hungy, tired, and just wanted to get off of my bike. my legs felt fine, i think i was just run down. unfortunately it is not too easy to just "turn around" on that course and go home. overall i felt pretty good, better than i thought i would. not a couple more months of training and i will feel even better.

graduation is tomorrow night. i am hoping to keep up my tradition of going on a long bike ride the day of graduation. but oh wait, what is the forecast for tomorrow? yup you guessed it. rain.

yea, its still raining, even delaying just a little by trying to write this didn't really seem to help. oh well. maybe later. i guess i'll do a nice rainy day activity and try to sort through some of my pictures from my last trip.