A few things have carried me away from blogging for a while but I want to catch up before I start the push toward Ironman.  For now trainiing is going great and I am handling the volume as good as I had hoped.  Today is a double metric century here so there will be a lot to talk about.  We have had so very hot weather so I have been trying to use it as an opportunity to get used to the heat.  It slows you down so much though that it is hard to pace correctly.  Last week I tried to run 18 on my long day and only managed 12 because the heat was so bad.