Well Heax I hope you are getting ready. Our next triathlon is only like 3 weeks away.

This weekend went pretty much as planned. I got up Saturday and headed out on an hour bike ride, about 18 miles, then ran the loop once (2 miles), and then I went to the pool for my long swim day. It was a 58 swim workout. I was very pleased with my swim. I was going to warm up and then do 3 sets of 800 meters. Well after the first 800, I was like why quit and have to do it again in a few minutes. I kept swimming, and ended up doing 2400 meters non-stop or for us Americans that is 1.5 miles of swimming. I wasn’t even tired at the end, but my times still aren’t great. That took me like 54 minutes of non-stop swimming, which is roughly a 9 minutes 1/4 mile, and I would like to be at an 8 minute 1/4…oh well. The thing is when I got finished, I guess the water pressure had pushed my goggles against my face so hard for so long, that I had raccoon rings around my eyes for like 5 hours afterwards.

Today is a short 21 minute swim, and 47 minute bike ride. This is my easy week as far as times go, and then next week my training schedule throws in the long times again. Oh, I lifted yesterday and shot hoops. So I didn’t take a day off because the gym will be closed Sun and Mon. of this week, and one of those days will be my next day off.

LJ