Training on the Lake Placid course

First thing this morning about 15 of us went to the swim course to swim a loop. I felt like we were racing! Bag check and everything. The water in mirror lake is pretty clear, the line is marked by a rope which the bouys are anchored to about 5 feet underwater. The water was clear enough so that you didn't have to sight on the course. Probably the only time that I'll ever be on the line at an IM race..... :-)



After the swim we had breakfast, then pulled out the bikes for a loop of the course. 56 miles, 2800 feet of climbing. Leaving town there is a pretty good uphill, then it is a fast long descent. 51 mph was top speed, a few people were in their bars but the wind was pretty bad. then a hard left onto a few miles of flats followed by the long climb back into town (x2).



Awesome day! We even made it into the Lake Placid newspaper (http://www.springfieldbikeclub.com/photogallery/IMLP2007.jpg I'm last wheel).