Sorry - it has been a while. Almost 15 days! Rubbish. Probably have lost all my readership! I gather this will have to be good, regain some momentum. So, this is going to be quick and punchy.
Two weeks ago:
Monday (14th): Swimming, an old guy on my right and a 8 year old girl on my left, both making me look slow. The old guy's gut was hanging down, but not slowing him down. The only consolation I had was he stopped before I did. The little girl - she was wearing flippers, but she was rocketing up and down the pool. I do just under a mile and a half (1.4 miles/2.3km) 100 laps. I realize that another 6 laps will take me to 1.5miles - that is my new goal.
Wednesday (16th): Riding with Colleen, we did the Alpine loop in reverse. Weird to do the same ride backwards, uphill when it usually down, etc. Colleen had a great ride. Her moving average is over 16mph. She passes some guys who I smile at as I ride past them in her wake.
Thursday (17th): Swimming, do two-thirds of a mile, not really feeling like it. Probably still emasculated due to being constantly lapped by little girls last time I swam. My goggles feel too tight, my cap feels like it is sliding off ... wait a minute am I becoming a little girl!?!
Saturday (19th): Snowboarding, takes nearly 15 hours end-to-end to get to the cabin in Tahoe. Due to the late arrival at the cabin (5am) no one is very keen to start early. We get to the slopes around midday and ski till about close. Colleen does well, I do OK. I have one fall that hurts my knee a little that scared me a little. I take the tricky GPS watch and hold it checking my speed every now and again. The top speed I see is 32 mph. I thought I could go faster but we were sticking to the junior blue runs to keep me safe.
All-in-all it is a fairly light week. I get most of my exercise over the weekend digging the car out Sunday morning. The weather is really killing the riding and running and isn't making going to the pool easy.
One week ago:
Tuesday (22nd): Swimming, do the 106 laps to get to 1.5 miles (2.41 km). 2 laps warm-up, 100 laps, then 4 laps cool down.
Wednesday (23rd): Running, Colleen has been off 8 weeks, so we go for a run. Just a little out and back and we keep it fairly slow. She does well considering it has been so long since she has run. She makes it through without any pain. My knee feels a little dodgy all the way through. Probably still a little tender after the fall while snowboarding. We do 2.5 miles averaging 9:47 min/miles.
Sunday (27th): Riding with Colleen, do the normal loop. Just a lazy ride to wrap up the weekend on the only barely nice day of the week. The weather is still really killing the riding and running and still isn't making it easy to go to the pool.
Another slow week and I still haven't picked a Triathlon. I need some focus. I will try to find one ASAP.
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