Well a bit of a mixture this week. It has been a fairly steady week, and my body decided to give up on me today - having a revolt I think. Which is a shame, as this morning there was a fantastic sunrise which I looked at briefly when my alarm went off at 5.30am - but I felt awful and couldn't wake myself up - so how was I going to keep up with the bunch ride for 4-5 hours??

I went back to sleep and woke again at 11am! My body was in shut down mode in a big way. Thanks Hamish for phoning me at 7am to check I wasn't running late .... hope you enjoyed the ride in the lovely sun.

Saturday my coach told us we were doing the waterfront time trial (run by AvantiPlus, Mt Eden every Saturday morning at 7am). I was very nervous as have never done one before. I was praying for the weather to pack in so we didn't have to do it - but it was a perfect morning ... so off I went. I had my new bike, and it was only the second time on it (1 hour on Friday testing it), no aerobars on it yet, and feeling rather lethargic from the week's training. I am not sure of the distance (around 15kms I think) and will need to check that out - but my time was 30:17 which was slow and I am sure I can do a lot better.

The bike ... well it is lovely to ride and looking forward to doing a long ride on it. It is very light and I do notice the difference on hills - so let's hope it helps me out where I need it most! Photos will no doubt appear in due course when I get organised.

Parnell Pool hasn't got any warmer yet ... did a short swim yesterday late afternoon in the sunshine. But after a few lengths, it does get better - although I am sure it will be a lot nicer just a degree or two warmer! I do like the wetsuit though - it makes it so much easier with your body position and of course the buoyancy is great.

Well - that's all from me - sorry for the lack of excitement as feeling very tired still - just hoping that today's forced rest will allow my body the rest it needs and bounce back tomorrow.