Finally got the Interweb back up and working at home. I need to give a life update soon–so much to report, but for now I’ll get ya caught up on the tri training.

Just three workouts the past few days. Last Saturday was a group session out at Redwood Highschool. It was a mini-tri (or a big brick, I suppose). First we swam: some warm-ups and some kicking drills and then a ladder followed with some relay racing, which was fun (if exhausting). Swam about 1200 meters or so, I’d reckon. Then we had a fairly brutal hill to climb on the bike. The route was only 6 miles, but it was uphill both ways or something as it had me gasping for air. Actually, the down part was almost as scary with a dirt road stretch and lotsa uneven pavement greeting us. After the bike, we did some laps around the track and ended with a 100 relay. Felt good to open it up a bit.

On Monday, I did my usual 6 mile lap down into Dogpatch and around the park and down Brannon and back. Did it in under an hour with a few stops for lights and stuff–decent enough pace.

Tuesday, I got my swim on and did about 2800 meters, including some fun pull drills in which I shove a styrofoam buoy between my legs so’s I use just my arms. Pretty good for isolating the chicken wings. It’s amazing the difference not using the arms or legs makes in the workout. Doing a few hundred meters with just your legs takes an eternity and then when you go back to using both arms and legs, you feel like you are flying. In the water. Or something.

This week is a rest week, which is good, because my knee is bugging me a bit. It feels tight and like there’s weird stuff going on under my kneecap. I iced it last night and am wearing a brace around the house. Hopefully, it will start to feel normal soon. 😐

Total Tri Training Numbers
Swim: 25090 meters
Bike: 262.6 miles
Run: 97 miles