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I just realised there are only 4 more days in my experiment- time flies when you are having fun.

Today was apparently 46 degrees at some stage so luckily I had the tomatoes , capsicum, apples, mushrooms  and experimental crackers out drying.

I made a lovely pasta sauce out of the semi dries veges with garlic and herbs and put it on Zuchini ‘pasta’.

Sun dried apples are divine, they will be gone in no time.

I am going to run tomorrow- just 21 km as it is a rest week after the 32km. Then I will start building up again but faster 24km, 26km, 28km…

Today I did weights and I swam 11 lengths of the pool. I must check out triathlon distances for training.

see ya

Pasta sauce

1 cup sun dried tomatoes

2 Roma tomatoes

2 red Capsicum fresh or dried

1/2 cup dried mushrooms

1 bunch fresh basil

1 Tblsp lemon juice

1 tsp dried onion

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp agave

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp minced garlic

a bit of water

Whack it in the food processor and blend/ pulse.  Keep it chunky for interest. Put it on vegetable noodles

25

Sunday, run, bike, swim, feldenkrais, fall in a heap…

I got up reasonably early and was out on the road for my long run by 6.30 am.

I love how empty the streets are and how I have the place to myself until I reach the sea.

Soon the one or two joggers and bikers turns into pelotons and groups and I m surrounded by other crazy people who think sweating early on a Sunday is a good idea. There is a certain camaraderie between us, we all pretty much gave up our wild Saturday nights in favor of carb loading and sleep so we could do our best out on the road today.

I personally ran about 27km which being a long slow run took me about 2 and a half hours.

I then spent a good 2 hours soaking my legs and icing my knees while drinking recovery drinks and smoothies before some quick house work and then off on my bike to the gym to do feldenkrais and then a swim.

The swim was lovely and I sat in the salt water hot pool and the sauna for a while.

The homeward journey should have been after a refuel but I neglected to bring any snacks with me so ended up having to do it starving… up hills… on a single speed bike … in a head wind- this head wind seems to follow me regardless of which direction I go, I guess thats the bonus of riding along by the sea.

So now I am scrounging for something to eat- left over soup, maybe. Salad, possibly. Need nuts and sundried toms while I think. Wish my amino acid drink said where they get all those amino acids and protein from. They dont even say what the herbs are… just “contains herbs” – good on you Musashi, I like a bit more info than that.

I think I am just going to fall in a heap now and perhaps put a glass of red wine to good use before passing out in a coma around 9pm.

bye