lessons learned

well, i have had a great week of training. the mileage is starting to add up and i'm feeling a little bit more confident about where i am...not so much a week ago

anyway, rewind a week. i get back from a great 2 week vacation to south-east asia. sightseeing galore, picture taking, eating food, wonderful. then i get back in the pool. ha, what a joke. i felt like a ton of bricks. nothing worked, each stroke was a fight against the water, i cursed the pool with every stroke i took. i found it hard to believe that i had lost so much touch in the water. now, about a week later and several trips back to the pool i am starting to get my feel of the water back again. times are pretty close to pre-trip, but i just want to feel like a swimmer again. lesson learned - don't ever (at least until september) not swim for 3 weeks

over the weekend i went on a 13 mile run. well actually just under 13 miles, 12.89 according to mapmyrun, but i am sure that the extra turns to get to the drinking fountain added up to a grand total of .1 miles to get to 13. the run felt great. had my HR pegged just over 150, was talking with some people the whole time. legs generally felt good. the best part was running with others... but that only gets me to the turn around. and then i have to go and do it all over again. eeek. lesson learned - keep running, making good progress, but keep running.

today i rode 50 miles in 2:44. a little chilly but otherwise a good ride. i took 9 minutes off of my 40 mile time from last week. it is nice to go on these long rides during the week when the path is empty. i thought i had a decent nutrition plan today, 2 bottles of gatorade, one bottle of water, a huge lunch before i hit the road. well that worked until about mile 45 when i just got tired. i hadn't even had all of my liquid. i am going to have to do a better job drinking and eating on the bike if i want to have any chance of finishing this race come september. it looks like i have some more learning to do.

the end of the week will get exciting. thursday is a 3.5 mile run, i have no idea why i signed up for this other than someone else is paying for the event...sunday is bike the drive. aiming for 60 miles. then i am out of town and in DC for the majority of next week. hopefully i can find a pool and a place to run.

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