9.7.15 Happy Monday Labor Day!

3700 yard swim today. The taper begins this week. It was eight long weeks of hell.

First ever triathlon today! It was a pool swim of 200m, a 6 mile bike, and a 2k run. I don't have any soft of results yet because the organizers mixed them up. I've had a cold that came with coughing and restricted breathing for the past few days, so the run was hard and slow. Everything else felt normal and I had a great time. I'm looking forward to my next one.

Great to have the first one in the books. Congrats

*Worked 2 baseball games this morning til afternoon. Heading out for another late day wavy beach swim. At least 1.5mi depending on conditions. Waves have been relentless most of the summer

Edited by TJHammer 2015-09-07 1:48 PM

This is the third day in a row I swam. We were at our camp (ontario term for cottage) and it's water access so that's the easiest option. I tried a stretch of 500 m bilateral breathing and though it felt sloppy, I was surprised to find out I went a touch faster than breathing to one side. I may have to work on that.

Congrats on the tri......Just don't follow my tradition of being sick on race day! Good job on finishing it. They definitely go better when healthy, particularly the run.

I actually had a really nice run in Singapore on Sunday AM (the East Coast Park trail is now open all the way from Changi to the Marina Bay Sands area, for anyone familiar with the city). Didn't go THAT far (it would be probably 18 miles one way!) but did run from my hotel to Gardens by the Bay and back, about 10 miles. Felt fine running, especially breaking in the new Kinvaras that I bought on Saturday's second event, the shopping expedition. Stomach still not up to much so refueling was difficult.

Yesterday (Monday) we had a workshop and some work time at school (no kids) and between the race, long run, flight and all that sitting my legs were about to explode. So just did 1600m of easy swimming. Feel a lot better today. Just hope I get my appetite back sometime. Might just swim again today as AM thunderstorms kept me off the road.

Hey all!

Enjoying our final day up in the pines and cooler weather.

Took it easy this morning. Still fighting off a cold

After a heavy rainstorm, got in an easy 3 mile run and some body weight exercises!

Ready to head back to the valley tomorrow and begin the crazy week! Hope everyone had a great Labor Day!

Spin class for me today. Couple of easy sessions this week as Sunday sees my second tri. It's come round rather quickly.

Edited by Shakeybear 2015-09-08 12:18 AM