MEATBALLS...

I survivied... Ran 16 & biked 20 miles on Saturday, then a group of us went up to Madison to tackle the bike course. We got in 80 hilly miles there. I better think about adding more gears! Here's how Cale (one of the guys I was with described the course)...

My first two loops around the course...I like to think of it as flat as a pancake. A nice, fluffly pancake with a circumference of 40 miles. With big meatballs mixed in. Gigantic, steep meatballs that you have to ride up. Actually, I like to think of it as a bunch of meatballs in pan, with a jet engine on one side blowing across the pan. But not a pan of meatballs, that isn't right - more like walls of blacktop. With gravel.

I think that there was a flat spot in Verona.

Here's a map of the bike course and elevation... Check out those meatballs! :)




It was a long weekend with lots of miles, but I felt pretty good. Gotta stay on top of it as the weekends for the next month keep getting bigger. Here's a look ahead at the next 2 weekends... RAGBRAI sandwiched in the middle is going to be a nice break!

Saturday -- Bike 5:15, Run :45, Swim :30
Sunday -- Run 1:45, Bike, 1:00, Run :45

Saturday -- Bike 4:00, Run :50, Swim :30
Sunday -- Run 2:00, Bike :50

Oh by the way... We broke $10,000 in our fundraiser! Go check it out www.140milesforsmiles.com