Missed the ferry!

There was no blog yesterday as I missed the ferry home from Arran and didn't get back till late in the evening.  Team ATHelite travelled over to Arran and split into two groups.  One cycled around the island (52 miles) and the other did a figure of 8 (78) miles.  I was in the later group and a few punctures and a strong headwind around the north side of the island meant we missed the intended ferry home.  It didn't help that it left 5 minutes early but the last 12 miles were done at break neck speed - at one stage 43.3 mph.  It was fantastic training for Lanzarote as the island has an "evil" climb called the "string road" and we climbed it twice.
Today was meant to be a day off but as I am going on holiday on Friday it was changed and I'm just out the pool.  It was only a total of 2,100m but my times were fast which surprised me after yesterday.  To put it in context a young lad came into the lane and was flying up and down - I chatted to him and explained he should overtake people and not slow down if there was "traffic". He thanked me and said he wasn't "used to swimming with the public"! My legs feel better for the swim but I think I will be shattered later on in the day.
So this week is going to be tough and my training will include a 2.5 hour run (probably the longest I will do before the event) and also a continuous 4km swim (more mentally challenging than anything).  I have a recovery week when on holiday but this will still involve training every day.  Then two more gruelling weeks before the training eases down (tapering).  Let's see how far I can make it through the day before I zzzzzzzzzzzzz.