Learn from past experience. That's a core principle to which most of the human population should aspire. Those of us who fail to learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. What makes it funny is when people don't understand how these things keep happening to them :-) I love people! Anywho... Instead of trying to get my swim in yesterday afternoon with the Silver Swimmer's Water Aerobic class, I dragged my butt out of bed and got to the pool early. I had originally intended to do 77 minutes of easy swimming, but once I got into it, I just couldn't resist pounding out the usual meterage, 3500 meters or so.
Dee Dee called me around 4 PM to let me know I was batching it last night. No wife, no kids, what's an endie to do? LOL. Go run :-) I knew that today would be tough to get my run in. It's my night to work in the restaurant, and as you can see from my stat table for Wednesday, getting anything done when I have to work at the restaurant is difficult at best. I came home, changed my clothes real fast, and headed over to Boling Park for some flat running. I thought, at first, that I would take it easy cause I felt so run down, but that didn't work out. My legs felt strong. My breathing was going very well, despite the 85 degree temps, and I managed to do 4.85 miles in my allotted 47 minutes, for a 9:41 mm pace.
In truth, I was being selfish. I wanted today off! LOL.
I regret to inform you that my tri suit has arrived. That means no more bare chested photos of me in action or otherwise posing in endurance related events. I know, I know. You will suffer in silence, but I will take special requests :-) and of course a picture will follow this weekend. How can I resist?
Going to get signed up for the Hiawassee International Summer Sizzler today! It's about an hour and fifteen minutes from my house in the pristine mountains of North Georgia. It should be a blast. After reading this article about the recent tragedy at a triathlon, I am going to invest in a SwimSafe belt. I could really care less how much drag it causes, and the piece of mind it will allow me is well worth the money.
Have a great weekend, y'all!
Wes
OSN: 3500 meters, 77 minutes, 1x300 w/u, 6x500@10:30, 1x200 c/d
ORN: 4.85 miles, 47 minutes, tempo pace, R4/W1, 9:41 mmp
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17 comments:
I predict fast Transition times in your future with that trisuit!!
No DH, no kids? I'd totally be bumming, especially if I had to work later. You rock!!
Wes you're totally breaking my heart! Now how the heck am I supposed to post up pics of you on my blog without any bare chest action? The ladies (and some dudes) will be very disappointed :-(
Nice job on running.
No more chesty pics? It's like taking the cover off a romance novel: content is still good, but there's nothing pretty to look at!
good pace for the heat. and the drags definitely worth the safety benefits for the swim belt.
I'm trying to figure out if the comment about learning from past mistakes and the arrival of the tri suit are related...
I think that one had to do with not showing up at the pool during the Water Aerobic class.... Something I had to unexpectedly deal with last week...
Wes, I prefer to spread my pestering around the web. Since I always pester you about swimming/ running stuff..I thought I would leave you alone about the bikes. :>)
But if you have any 2 cents to throw in I would love them. I really do always appreciate your help. :>)
Sweet job on your workouts!!!
Great job on that run, Wes!! That's a great time. Glad you got your trisuit in - doesn't it feel like Christmas? fun, fun. I've got to start shopping for one of those.
New trisuit - PICTURES PLEASE.... and doesn't it have a front zip??? If so we could still see some chesty pics ;o)
As for the article you read - well given the waters over here are usually cold enough to make wetsuits usually compulsory I'm now kind of glad as they offer excellent buoyancy.
Have a great weekend!
Yeah, that book is packed with info. huh? I was reading about the time trails and it says blah, blah, blah, swim for 1000 meters. I was like oh ok, yeah. LOL
What book do you have? I have Triathlons 101 and Slow Fat Triathlete. The more I read the more I feel like I can really do this. Thank you so much for the offer. If I don't have it I would love to borrow it.
BTW, I want a tri suit...did Dee Dee get one?
I read a few different articles about that race with the death. There isn't much out there, but most of the injuries seemed to be due to the cold water and inexperienced swimmers not using wetsuits. The one death sounded like a heart attack. The concerning thing to me is that it looked like the first race that this race organization has put on and they were not a USA Triathlon sanctioned event. Seems like a lot of problems in the swim for a field of 700.
That's it - no more chest shots, it's over between us ;P
Have fun this weekend you training machine you
Whoever Marcy is, she cracks me up! Loved the comment about those of us who'll be disappointed. ha ha!
good job taking it "easy", and avoiding H20 aerobics!
Yeah, your idea of taking it easy is a huge swim workout and a run.
Overachiever!!! :-)
Enjoy the new tri suit and the swim belt, good idea!
In open water swims - no price is too small for your safety. The drag will be insignificant with your strength & training - your swims continue to impress me. 3500 meters!! I can barely do 2000 and that's with lots of rest. :) Way to go!
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