Sunday Swim Update

Yesterday was another ocean swim workout. The weather was perfect - so sunny & warm - and there were absolutely no waves - yippee! The workout was to swim out from the beach to a kayak, then across to another kayak, then back and forth between the kayaks until you were tired and then swam back to the beach. I'm not sure of the distance between kayaks or to the beach, but it seemed really far. I'm not a fan of swimming in the ocean when you can't see the kayak you're swimming towards. I started out ok - made it all the way to the first kayak. I was pretty tired through. Then, it got rough as I lost my new nose plug! Yep, this one lasted 1/2 a workout. This time I bought one that floated, but it didn't really help as the ocean took it away faster than I can swim... So, I swam the rest of the way with my head out of the water. I much prefer having my head out of the water, but it is much slower. My coach had me try the back stroke, which I liked, but I don't go very straight :( I swam for about 35 minutes before I had had enough. The good news is that I moved forward the whole time. The bad news, is that the mile is only 27 days away!

Before the swim I went to a refresher tire changing clinic. I am betting the more I practice my tire changing the less chance I have of getting a flat during the race. I feel confident in my ability to change either the front or rear tire though, so bring on the nails! One of the mentors also fixed one of my gears that was sticking, so hopefully I can go faster now.

The workout schedule is pretty compact now that there is less than a month remaining. Actually, we have a week of no workouts before the race and our bikes get packed and shipped on 3/18, so I actually only have about 2 weeks to get my butt in gear. So, I'll be swimming tonight, running tomorrow, biking Wednesday, running Thursday and hopefully swimming again on Friday. I'll miss the Saturday workout, but will be at the next ocean swim on Sunday. Phew! Thanks for all of your support!