My eyes pried themselves open around 5:30AM for the first time after a good nights sleep. Something about being in the mountains that enables me to sleep so well. It must be the fresh air and the fact that I don’t have work on my mind. We headed into Lake Placid early for breakfast at the Breakfast Club since we were not sure if it would be crowded or not. It was not. At least at that time. I deviated a bit from my plant-based diet by having some pancakes, but they were yummy. Oh well, 80/20 rule is now in effect. After breakfast, we headed back to the house, I geared up and headed out on my 2:30 bike ride. I did a modified loop of the Ironman bike course. Mainly cutting off the out-and-back to Ausable Forks and cutting off the ride through Lake Placid by going down River Rd. The ride was 42 miles and took about 2:30 which is exactly what I need to do. After I got done that I quickly changed into my run gear for 36 minute brick run. I always feel so good doing brick workouts, why does it never feel that good in races???
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We headed back into town after getting cleaned up for some lunch at Pan Dolce. It was the first time we ate there and it was quite good. I got back on track with a really good black bean salsa burger and a side salad. After lunch we headed over to the Olympic oval to check out the Expo and Ironman Store. I wanted to get a bike jersey, but they were sold out of my size. May have been a good thing as I usually have bad luck buying a event bike jersey before I do the event. i.e. Ironman Pocono Mountains 70.3. I ended up just getting a M-Dot golf shirt and a water bottle. Should be safe with that I hope. We then headed over to see one of my wife’s old high school friends, who we will call Kathy. Kathy had rented a gorgeous house on Mirror Lake Drive with some of her friends and two brothers. Kathy’s brother and another guy staying there were competing in the Ironman Lake Placid event on Sunday. It was cool talking to them and getting a feel for what they were anticipating. Everyone there was really nice at the house and I felt like I knew these people for a long time. The house was in the perfect location for watching IMLP being on Mirror Lake Drive since the bike and run course both use this road for 2 loops each. It also sat up high with Adirondack Chairs on the front-lawn and even a private little beach across the road. They graciously offered us dinner, but we had planned on hitting Cafe Rustica and I didn’t want to be picky with my non-carnivorous ways. One thing was funny was that my wife had told her friend about my plant-based, vegan diet so when they offered us dinner she said “oh that’s right you’re vegan.” It was the first time I had heard someone other than me or my wife say it. It was a bit of a reality check. Never thought I would ever hear those words. Our dinner at Cafe Rustica was very good. I had Gnocchi with Vegetables which was a good, healthy belly-filler. I love gnocchi! We headed back to the house after dinner and settle in for the night. Tomorrow was going to be a long day so a good nights rest was in order.
