Thanks for the encouragement!
I was thinking about renting a wetsuit even though the "lake"
(actually it's an emergency fire water pond for a former nuclear power plant
) is shallow and warm. I don't kick at all during my swim practice now because I'm not convinced it helps me. But I learned I'm faster when I wear fins
(and still don't kick
), which led me to believe that my legs are dragging too much. I think I would benefit from the added buoyancy from the wetsuit.
I think, just to make myself feel a little better, I'm going to work on my cycling a bit and forget about the swim and run except to just keep doing it.
Another smaller concern is that the whole week of May 16-23 I'll be on a Carribbean cruise
(I know, life's hard
). I'll have an on-board running track, but I'm not sure how I'll feel about running. Then, when I'm back, I'll have two weeks before the tri
(June 5
). During that time, I'll focus on the bike, again, and add in a small run right after each ride just to get sorta used to that transition. And I'm scheduling all my workouts during the heat of the day so I can maybe get a bit more acclimated to the heat
(Central Valley California is much hotter than Sonoma County, even
).
I think when I'm back from my trip, the local swimming pond will be open and I might head over a couple of times to practice "open" water swimming. It's not exactly the same, but it's bigger than the pool.