Quick summary of the day. 6.30am 3k lake swim - 8:30am 180km bike - 4pm 10k run. Today ended up a tough day with everyone looking stuffed by the end. The swim was ok. I enjoyed the lake again and felt ok. The ride was hard. We had a long climb out within a few km of the climb and it must have been 5k or more to the top. It was also raining and head wind. I ended up tagged onto the lead bunch at the top of the hill. About 9 of us. After 42k there was the option to climb to the Whakapapa ski field and race for the KOM points. I was struggling to hang on to this group so did not want to climb the 10k up and make it a 200km day. Luckily for me Molina opted to miss the climb as well so I had one of the best wheels on camp to sit on for the ride towards Wanganui. It cleared as we went and we had some good downhill sections. After lunch there was a lot of rolling hills and the wind got stronger. A real tough ride in. Some recovery chocolate milk and off for the 10k run. I did it with Douglas who is a pretty good runner so just over 50mins latter we were all done.
I managed to get online and see the points table and I am sitting in the top half so far. I am going to have to look after myself as much as possible, as does everyone, as we are all starting to get run down and tired. The motivation is getting stronger to get to Bluff and gain full camp completion every day I get closer the more I want to make sure I make it. So better get some sleep. Another big day tomorrow
Pete
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