EC 2007 day 6 (Dave C's blog)

Officially shelled today. Decided to do the run in the morning, then swim. Both were pretty sedate.

After breakfast, we headed off on the bike in several groups. Mine was the last group - with Brandon, Bevan, Scott D and Mike M. All considerably stronger bikers than me. Struggled to get any power out of the legs on the hills. But, in the true EC spirit of comaraderie, the lads stayed with me. Thanks in particular to Scott for his encouragement in what was a tough day for me.

In true West Coast style, and consistent with the whole Kiwi "summer" so far, we had torrential rain all the way to Franz Joseph (quote from Molina, who's just returned from his run, "Now I know how Noah felt when he built his ark"). Got to the motel soaked and cold, but managed to find the motivation to tack on another few kms to get to 150 for the day. A number of the lads went for a run up to the glacier. Looking forward to my massage after dinner - go easy on me John.

I've made it half way through the camp now (well, not quite if you count the Wanaka race next Saturday). I'm on track for my goal of 50 hours for the week. Just need 7 hours tomorrow. Hopefully the weather clears up by then. This really is a beautiful part of the country, but you just can't see anything at the moment.