TUES thru THURS (Nemesis1, Me 0)

Tuesday 6-2
I had a ride and run scheduled for the evening, but called it off when we got the offer to go eat at Bonefish with MH’s family. It was a great evening and wouldn’t have missed it. Rain was threatening anyways so, it was probably a good call to miss it.

Wednesday 6-3
AM Swim
Our coach is “retiring” from coaching. His last day is 6/19. I’m not sure what’s going to happen to the Masters group. Maybe we will get a new coach, maybe we can carry on ourselves, or maybe it just won’t be anymore. Regardless, John has been awesome the past 6 months. I feel like I have made a huge improvement from my first day when I couldn’t even swim the length of the pool without swallowing a cup of water and having to stop. Thanks John!
Swimming was awesome this morning. Some days you feel ok, others bad, but today I felt great during the swim and afterwards. I usually have to skip the breathing exercise and the cool down so I can get to work by 7. I’ll aiming to start staying for the entire workout and working 730/800-430/500 since it stays light outside so late now. But I digress, onto the training…

WU: 300m
Drills: 200m (fingertip, over rotate, single arm (L/R), fist)
Kicks: 8x50 on 1:20 (4 free; 2 stroke)
Pulls: 3x150 on 3:15
Main Set: 8x100 (I think these were the times)
1-3 2:35
4-6 2:25
7-8 2:15
Total: 2150m (60minutes)

Lunchtime “Mini Brick”
Jeff & I decided to have a Lunch Brick today. We rode on the stationary bikes for 20mins and ran on the treadmills for 10. I didn’t pay attention to any of the particulars (avg speeds, dist, etc.) but I did try to keep my cadence on the bike down in the 90’s. If everything goes as planned, we are going to go through the race routes this weekend.

Thursday 6-4
PM Bike/Hill Work
Well, I finally was able to go out to Oak Mountain today. It was really rather nice out. Rain was all around the area which I think scared off a bunch of riders. So, I set out to ride the Buster Britton course. I felt good and my legs felt decent. I took off out of the parking lot down to the main park road cutting to the right at the stop sign and on my way to do battle with the climb (or as Jeff put it, my Nemesis). I get up to a pretty good clip and then try to switch (front) gears and hear that oh so dreadful pop. I look down to find my chain off the ring and kinked up like an old pipe cleaner…drat. So, I get to a stop, get the chain back on the rings and start riding again. I didn’t clear the entire climb, but I did get more than halfway up. If I would have been paying attention, I would have noticed the descent just around the corner before I tapped out. But anyways, I felt pretty good about it. I’ll see how our practice tri goes tomorrow. I continued to ride all around the park for a total of 60 minutes. I’m a big believer that time in the saddle does more for you than distance in the saddle.

I’ll be back on Monday to update on training, the practice tri, & weigh-in. Have a great weekend!


Eric’s Quote of the Day: “Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” ~ Benjamin Franklin