Reston Sprint Triathlon

Reston Sprint Triathlon

Reston Sprint Triathlon

Rolling out the calves. The left one especially feels like it has nothing but knots in it. That's nothing new...that leg has felt knotty for literally years if not decades. One of these days I will suck it up and get a deep tissue massage! For now, the foam rolling is so nice.

Hey there, humidity! We've been waiting for you!
Last quick little run before race day.

200 mixed warmup
300 pull (3/5 breathing by 50s)
400 swim
400 pull (3/5 breathing by 50s)
300 swim
200 mixed cool down

My 400 swim today was 7:46 flat (1:56/100 pace) which is a bit faster than last week. Actually, it is such a tiny bit faster, I'd rather call it consistent. Either way, I'm quite happy with the time, and feeling quite positive about the swim leg on race day.
Aside from a nice swim, I was irritable with my fellow swimmers this morning. I understand that a lot of people don't like to circle swim, but hey - the pool is crowded, and we all want to get a workout in, right? I even knew Master's would be getting out in 10 minutes, and assured people I'd move as soon as there was space. One dude told me, "no, I can't circle swim, I'm not wearing tinted goggles." For real? We are INDOORS! I felt bad, but eventually just asked the slow lane in Master's if I could work in while they were cooling down. They were so nice! And of course they invited me to swim with them anytime. If only they didn't start so early. :)

Zoom zoom zoom, spin the legs out. I can't believe a half hour on the trainer seemed so quick.

396 feet of gain. Sunny and warm (mid 70s?)
Wow, could this ride have been more disappointing? First of all, wow that is incredibly slow. Second of all, it felt slow, and there was all kinds of squeaking and rubbing, and I really need to take a look at the bike and see what was going on. I was pushing as hard as I could on flat ground and was barely cracking 14mph?! I dropped my chain right before the last big climb, I guess I shifted too hard into the granny gear.
I was hoping that this last brick would be motivational, and remind me that I am so ready for the race next weekend. Instead, I'm now worried that I won't make the time cutoff before they reopen the roads because I'm such a slow rider, and that there's something wrong with my bike.
Except I'm not actually worried, I'm just thinking about it a fair amount. Not the same thing, trust me! Worry involves losing my temper and not being able to eat. This is just disappointment at a workout not going the way I wanted. I guess the win here is that I can tell the difference. And that I have a week to figure out the squeaking.

Quick brick run. Felt pretty awful at the beginning, as usual, and then started feeling better around .77 miles in. Also as usual! I feel very much like I know what to expect when running off the bike next weekend! :)