After last night's coughing episode I wasn't sure how I would go this morning. I woke feeling OK but shortly after was coughing a little a bit wheezy. So, I was going to ride, but just play it by ear. Muffy Craig and I left home at 4:30 for Cootha and we rode up to Cootha nice and easy.
I wasn't feeling great, I was feeling a bit heady and wheezy but once I got into the first lap I felt OK. I deliberately just tried to keep my breathing relaxed and I didn't worry too much about trying to keep my cadence above 50; I just rode trying to stay relaxed. This seemed to do the trick as I got around 3 laps without too much hassle. The last lap was a bit more of a struggle than the other two but all in all I did a lot better than I was expecting.
Very happy with that.
We had a 12 weeks out from IM NZ get together on the weekend at Tim Franklin's lovely home at Red Hill. Finally, all 5 of us girls were in the one place to get a group photo taken. And here we are:
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