My first pace booty lead to a PR. - couple other PRs this week

I'm still slow and I know it but I went to the pool for a mile swim today.  A young lady who sometimes shows up was swimming in the lane next to me.  She began while I was at the other end of the pool but I used her to gauge my pace.  I have watched her swim and she seems so smooth in the water that I figured I could use her for motivation.  I was still slow at 38 min but it was a PR for me.  I've never timed myself in my wetsuit but I am optimistic that I will be able to do my OLY mile in close to 35 min now since I typically just swim in my big bulky swim trunks. 

I also had a PR on the bike last night.  I did a hilly 33 mile ride at what I considered a rather easy pace.  I even slowed down at one point because I got a bit lost and stopped a 2nd time when I threw my chain.  Throw in several stop signs and I finished with an avg speed of 16.5 mph. 

Right now my goal for the OLY next week is to be less than 3:30.  35/2/1:40/2/1:10

No matter what, it should be fun since I'm already happy about a PR this week of hitting 215lbs. (started at 235)

Edited by Pector55 2009-09-06 3:48 PM