a.m. commute. 22:18, 5.63 miles, 15.15 mph average.

p.m. commute. 48:50, 11.39 miles, 14.0 mph average. Leisurely ride home. I was tired and hungry.

a.m. commute. 1:11:14, 17.86 miles, 15 mph average. HUMID! I was soaking wet by the time I got to work. Cold front should be through by lunch so should be better for the ride home.

p.m. commute. 22:30, 5.64 miles, 15 mph average. So I'm happily starting out my ride home and I look in my little helmet mirror and there, ever so politely, perched on my shoulder is a little black spider. Ok, I don't like spiders. Nothing rational here, but that's how it is. Good thing there was no traffic because it took several swats and some drunken swerving to get the dang thing off my shoulder. LOL!

Rode past a herd of longhorn cows and calves this morning.  I was thinking how it's a really good thing that the calves are not born with horns already.  ;)

6am 4 mile walk before work. 15:02, 14:33, 14:19, 14:34. Still experiencing some achilles soreness (mostly in the first one I injured) off and on. Taking it day by day before I decide how long to give running a break, but I'm guessing it will be at least a month. Time will tell.

6am 4 mile walk before work. 15:02, 14:33, 14:19, 14:34. Still experiencing some achilles soreness (mostly in the first one I injured) off and on. Taking it day by day before I decide how long to give running a break, but I'm guessing it will be at least a month. Time will tell.

6am lap swim.
100y breast.
Ladder, free style. 100y, 100y (trouble getting off the first rung, LOL!), 200y, 300y, 200y, 100y.
100y breast.

I really concentrated on my pull today. Now my arms feel like jello.

I think I'm getting the hang of this water running because now my legs feel like jello. Feeling good!

a.m. commute. 22:23, 5.62 miles, 15 mph average.

p.m. commute. 1:04:12, 16.12 miles, 15 mph average. Part of this ride was dang painful, but part was beautiful. There was a long section of headwind where I could only go around 12 mph. Fortunately, there was a long section of tailwind at the end. It was a long uphill grade, but I was steadily cruising at 17.5 mph up the hill. I could have gone faster too, but wanted to keep my cadence pretty high to keep my knee happy. That was sweet because for awhile I thought my legs must be totally dead tired. It's just amazing how much difference the wind direction makes. And it wasn't even blowing that hard tonight.

10:30am start. Perfect day for a bike ride! Temps in the 60's and sunny. I felt really good until about mile 30. Then I was getting hungry for lunch. I knew I only had about 10 more miles to go and was hoping a fresh bottle of Gatorade would see me through. It didn't. Around mile 35 I turned into the wind. Then I reached a section of some bad chip seal road with a headwind. Then there was a section of uphill chip seal with a headwind. My tail was draggin' by the time I got to the end.