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I'm jealous of all the racing you're getting to do

Those OWS lessons ought to be a big help.  I've been in the same situation you had last Saturday.  Bad swim and it all goes to hell because you can't get it out of your head.  But hey, that race wasn't your ultimate goal this year, and you learned a lot, so I'd call it a success.

serendipity - 2009-04-22 10:06 AM I swam 500 yds in 9:35 this morning, which is the first time I've ever gotten below 2 min/100 yds.  Look out, Bill!  I'm creeping up on your slow, relaxed, taper week pace.   I managed to do the whole workout averaging just above 2 min/100 yds, so it was my fastest ever.  I've been doing a little happy dance in my head all morning.

And I passed the guy I was sharing the lane with.  It counts even though he was old and paddling along on his back (and not kicking) at the time, right?

Sweet!  In looking back through your logs, it is amazing how far you've come in such a short time with your swim.

Yikes on that tire!

Down to the second with those goals.  I like it

Ok everybody, have a great weekend of training!  I'll be heading back up to Memphis for more engagement parties.  This time for my room mate from college.  I'm hoping to get a run in on Sunday morning, but my hip has been acting like a ***** lately.  Feels fine riding the bike or swimming, but running has become torturous.  We'll see how that goes.

And good luck to Samantha!!!  Who continues to make me jealous of how many races she's been doing lately.

It has really been a long time, we are archived.  Sorry I have not posted in over three weeks, I was really in a funk.  After the shin splints and then the rib injury, I was upset, angry and extremely disappointed that my year was starting out like this.  I took some time off the let both injuries heal and started again over the weekend.  Nice slow run on Saturday was very uneventful (except for my 6 year old son running into me with his bike).  No shin pain or anything unusual (except some tight and sore muscles afterwards from lack of use).  I also went for a 15 mile bike rid on Sunday with a friend of mine who just got his firt road bike (trek TCT 5000).  We wanted to take it slow but the wind really kicked in (25 mph gusts) and made it a real workout.  It felt real good to have back to back days with workout. 

I will try to do better to post and motivate others.  My race schedule will probably be changing with the recent setbacks, but I will see what happens.

Have a great week of training.

It's good to see you back, and that's what counts.  The races are fun, but in the big picture, it's about the training and being healthy.

Hardware all around!  Nicely done!

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There's Kiri's race report  Looks like a very, very successful first tri.  Lots learned and wanting more!  Couldn't be any better.  Congrats!!!!!!!!

So, I went back to Masters Swim this morning.  Turns out, they've got a coach now.  Much better than just five of us meeting up and figuring out a workout as we go.  Although, maybe I should have waited until Thursday.  She likes to do a mile swim time trial on the first Tuesday of the month.  Not to go too soft, she backed that up with 5x100 kick drills.  Sprint the first 50, normal pace the last 50 of each 100.  It was the first time I've cramped in my hamstrings while swimming.  Hard to believe I'm worried about having recovered legs for my run tomorrow because of a swim I did this morning.