That was not a rest day.  I was up at 2:30 AM to attend a work related issue and went back to bed at 4:00.  Had to get up at 6:00 to follow up on it and ended up on a 5hr conference call.  Needless to say, I ended up working from home.  I also had to take care of other work related stuff and test a fix that I will be implementing tonight at 10:00.  My day pretty much ended at 6:30.  I will have worked a total of 19 hrs today alone.

I also have to be up on Sunday morning from 1:00 to 3:00 AM to monitor impact on an activity indirectly related to one of our transaction processing servers and the same goes for Monday morning but this time from 3:00 to 6:00 AM where I have to assist one of our vendors who is switching from one telecomms protocol to another.  I am also responsible for another application change on Tuesday morning from 3:00 to 6:00 AM.  Fun times ahead...  Good thing I won't be on call next week and I might even will book lieu time on Thursday in addition to the vacation day I had booked on Friday.  I really need to be well rested for next Saturday's race.

That was a heck of a bike workout and thank goodness for Daniel Craig for keeping me company!

I was afraid my stomach was not going to be able to handle that ride today.  My coach warned me to watch what I was going to eat today and I did a good job at it.  The rocks are gone.

My stomach feels like I have been eating rocks for the past two days.

I got a call from my physician's secretary and she wants to see me next Monday to discuss results of the pelvic ultrasound I had two weeks ago. We will discuss the heart and lungs issues as well and I will request to have an ECG, pulmonary perfusion/ventilation tests, a chest x-ray and an abdominal ultrasound done.

Had a recovery drainer ride this evening and have a 2hr steady state MAP ride on the drainer on tap tomorrow after work.  Yup, I am on call this week. 

 Not so steady Z2 ride this morning. I had to contend with lots of crosswinds, especially on the way back.  I had planned to head north on Dixie but the winds were worse!  I am not fond of riding on Queen St but I did it all the way to Kipling Ave in Woodbridge and back.  Queen St is usually a very busy road to ride on and I would not have done it passed 9 AM for sure.

That quick run sure didn't feel great at the beginning but I managed to get faster a couple of minutes into it and kept it like that throughout.

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Ok... Rocket fuel is ready (3 scoops of raspberry GU2O mixed with 24oz water and 2 Just Plain GU gels) and I have two packages of GU Chomps (16 pieces) in a snack size zipploc bag.  I am not putting the rear bottle cages on the bike as there will be a bottle exchange station that we'll pass twice but I will have a 24 oz bottle of water in my frame bottle cage.  I am also carrying two GU gels and a Triple Threat Power Bar cut in pieces for my back up plan in case the Chomps and Rocket Fuel cause some GI issues.  Sooooo... the plan is to fuel as follows:


a) Breakfast at 4:00 AM (whole grains Pita Break, natural PB, fresh blueberries, vanilla yogurt and green tea; munching on cherries on the way to Peterborough).
b) Sip on the remaining 4oz of Rocket Fuel one hour before the race.
c) One gel 15 minutes before the swim, with water.
d) Finish the aerobottle with Rocket Fuel before the first station at the rate of 3 ounces every 20 minutes, beginning after 15 minutes on the bike so to adjust to new position.   Eat Chomps (4 at a time, got 16 of them) or pieces of Power Bar with water if needed.
e) Fill aerobottle with water at first bottle exchange station.
f) Continue on Chomps or Power Bar pieces every 20 minutes with water; have a gel if needed.
g) Fill aerobottle with water at second bottle exchange station and continue fueling.

Sounds like a good plan to me!