It was a beautiful day to be outside; bright and sunny with temps in the middle 50s, but windier than I would have liked (uphill into the wind? No thanks!). I did a ride on the Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon route, 17.7 miles with several challenging hills. I followed that up with a run around the lake.

There were lots of cyclists all along the Iron Girl route and the Columbia Triathlon route and the path around the lake was crowded with runners, walkers, dogs, kids, scooters, etc.

The hills had me working pretty hard and my knees were really complaining on the run and I had to give them a few walk breaks. Thankfully, my ankles feel pretty good. It seems my orthotics are doing the trick.

I'm having trouble imagining how much harder this will all be following a 1000m swim! Hopefully I'll be in much better shape by then.