steven - day 14

We're nearing the end and it's just getting better and better. Todays scenery was superb ... pity the water must be so cold.
I'd not felt well in the night and was slightly concerned. I held back early and perked up enough to cover all of Gordo's early attacks on the KOM. He gave John and Clas a warning as I started to accelerate for what was sure to be the decisive move (;0)) but they covered. When John jumped again Gordo had been dropped and I wasn't able to cover it. Was happy that Scott stayed on my wheel as my main aim was for him to not beat me by more than one. He pulled away and I managed to get 4th.
Going down to Dunedin I felt pretty dizzy on the bike and held back from the group. Wasn't sure whether it was being ill or lack of food. After eating a tonne at lunch it became clear it was the latter.
I had a little blast on the way back and then Petro had a massive blast. I was hanging on his wheel thinking you can't let him go. Eventually he eased on a hill and I made my excuses that I would just cruise. He decided to as well and we rolled in together.
We then had a made dash to teh pool and got in with only 48 minutes of pool time. I got going and bashed out a 3k swim in 43 minutes. Petro had 4 more lengths and managed to finish about a minute before the buzzer went to clear the pool. Only with the Epic Camp format would we have headed out and we were both quite pleased with ourselves that we'd managed a decent session.
This evenings meal was great fun. Everyone is starting to relax a little and hanging out a bit more chatting. Really enjoyed it.