April - Race month

Nothing much more to say here other than travel and Ironman!
The trip up went smoothly, we left at 3am on Wednesday 1st and arrived into Port Mac at 4pm after a solid 13 hr drive. Shit it’s wet !! The rain started near Goulburn, continued through Sydney and was torrential from Newcastle all the way to Port Mac. It didn’t ease up until 6am this morning – Thurs 2nd! The Hastings River is flowing quite quickly and there’s a lot of debris floating down although swimming in it isn’t too bad. Rob, Gary and I went for a swim in it this morning and the only real drama apart from poor visibility was the fast flowing current. There are a few rumours about mentioning a possible Duathlon (run/ride/run) due to water quality, which would benefit me greatly, but would be a shame since so much time has been invested into getting my swimming up to speed. It’s a funny atmosphere up here, you’d swear there isn’t a race on except for a stack of Victorians and a few tents around the place. There’s no real spark around the joint – shame, I really love that buzz. Maybe it’s because of the weather. It hasn’t been kind and threatens the 2nd half of our holiday up to the Gold Coast as it’s flooded all the way up. I’ll keep you all in the loop as to what’s happening.