Even with a broken foot.

I recovered pretty nicely from the Great White North half iron distance triathlon and I have had a bit more than a week to get back at the workouts.
Last weekend I was working the Edmonton ITU and was able to see the men's and the women's race from the back of a Suzuki. Hometown hero Paula Findlay had to pull out to rest a strained hip. Still very fun to watch some speedy pros going all out.

This week I am going on vacation, so I was able to join the team for a nice Saturday bike ride. The plan was a 9AM start for a 4(ish) hour ride from Ardrossan, East to Lindbrook and South towards Camrose.

It was a warm summer morning and a pretty good size group (9) showed up and we were on our way. The canola fields are in full bloom and everything else is very green and fresh.

I grabbed on to Mike Cooper's draft as we cranked along some fresh black top. Mike just raced last weekend in the Edmonton ITU and place second in his age group (even with a broken foot).

We put on 101 km in a 3 and 1/2 hours and faced a pretty good headwind on the way back in. This was my longest ride since Ironman Canada last August, so it felt good to be getting a chance for bigger mileage ride.

I am spending this week at the cabin and I plan to get in some swims, runs and I have my bike with me ,so I am hoping to add another big mileage ride to the training schedule.