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My goal this week is to not miss any of my planned workouts. Also my goal is to not snack tons during the day.

 Here it is:

Monday: Off

Tuesday: 26 m run (most likely longer than this)

Wednesday: 44 m swim

Thursday: 35 m run (most likely longer than this)

Friday: 1 h 28 m bike

Sat: 44 m run (probably more like an 11-12 miler) 

Okay -- Here's my race info -- or should I say event?? Lol -- I'm not sure how much I was in the RACE. The water was great, about 64 and with a suit, really felt good. I could see in the water, so at least I did freestyle the whole time. My sighting was interesting. I swam way more than the 500 meters because of my path! I started in the back 1/3  and on the outside and had a hard time getting much ahead because I kept hitting people's legs and I really didn't want to push anyone down or swim over anyone. My husband says I need to be more aggressive on the swim, IF I want to finish faster. He's probably right, but maybe some of you can help me with this. I'm not the strongest swimmer, but I know I can swim faster because once I got some open water, I went by a few others.

My total time was 1:14 for a 500 meter swim, 9 mile bike, and 3 mile run. I kept my bike in the higher gear almost the whole time and passed a few, but the men came up on me, who started after us.. Oh well -- not the slowest, not the fastest. The run was pretty good, but a lot of inches deep sand, which is what tweaked my calf last time, so I was very cautious. I did have a pretty darn good kick though, I must admit. I'll get my splits on Wed. I was in about the middle for my age group and my age group out here is pretty competitive. So now, I have 2 under my belt (although I've yet to get a race belt). I still use the shoestring method. :-) 

There it is -- which leads me to my goals for the week. I imported the olympic plan again, just because the sprint doesn't give me enough training for my body now. I think I take your advice, jenny and try and add one extra swim, bike or run each week. So this week, I'll aim for 3x bike, 2 x run and 2 x swim, 2 x strength training and my Friday yoga for runners class.

My biggest goal is not to be so hard on myself and RELAX and have fun. :-) That's what it's all about.

I also met two BTers as I was leaving and that was really great.  

My goals this week will be to workout Tues, Wed, Thurs and Fri, and to eat well all week.  I'm going out of town Saturday and won't be back til late the following Tues.  I'm not sure if I'll get to work out while I'm gone.  I'm going to visit my Mother in Law in Napa, a 7.5 hour drive from home.  She's 96 and lives in an Assisted Living Facility.  We will probably be with her most of the time and I probably won't get to eat as well as I'd like.  So, hopefully, I won't get too off track.

Well, I purchase a tri top and tri shorts so I have something to wear for my triathlon. I'm thinking I have to lose some weight before the triathlon though -- no one like a muffin top.

Here's what I bought:

http://www.onetri.com/soto-womens-carrera-full-2008-p-2861.html

http://www.onetri.com/soto-womens-micro-short-2008-p-2871.html 

Lesley--I am grinning and so agreeing with you re: the swim! When I did my first tri about 3 weeks ago we got to go in the water the day before and I was freaked that I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. We go back to Indiana every summer to visit relatives and I always swim in the lake without incident, but for some reason (maybe the wetsuit?) I had the same reaction. I couldn't seem to get my face in the water for more than a few strokes. The swim on that tri was mostly breast stroke for me because I just couldn't get the head in the water. I was so surprised by my reaction, but I see it's quite common.

 The good news is last weekend, it was a bay swim and while the water was salty, at least I could see better. I could see my hand, arm and of course the kelp and there were some jellyfish around, but they didn't get near me. I was able to swim, but not my usual pool stroke. I guess, my point is, that I think it gets easier. Right Jenny? I've also ordered the TI freestyle made easy DVD for good measure!

I do see that the more I swim the more comfortable I feel in the water. But I really empathize with you and think it's a great idea to get some practice and the wetsuit definitely helps.

Leticia-- You'll be a hottie in that cute tri suit. And, yes they are way too expensive.

I'm okay with more members. Are you going to be able to keep track of us all? Don't want you to load too much on your plate with your big race coming up and all. Either way, I'm cool with it. Off to bike now. :-)