Wednesday in reverse

BIKE: abt 25 miles in 80 mins. 4x 9.5mins at 75% (1.5min). Did this in morning.

SWIM: 2000y in 53 mins. Got unfocused but hit goal of 2000y.

Did this day in reverse, usually I bike at night. But there was a club meeting so no TT for me.

The swim had a plan, but it went out the window when I ended up circle swimming with 2 other guys. One was slightly faster than me, the other slightly slower. Getting into a circle swim for me turns into a tougher workout since I tend to get caught up in the vortex of swimswimswim. I don't take breaks once I settle into a position that keeps me on the toes of someone else. Actually what I end up doing is swimming hard and fast to keep someone else off me toes! But it worked good for me at first--I worked on staying in the choppy bubbles of the guy in front of me and enjoyed the draft. Once another lane opened up, however, my workout just died off. I lost all focus. While in the swim (about 15 minutes or so) I was getting tired and losing form. So it seemed to make sense that once that rush ended I could go back to staying focused. Didn't happen. I was so beat and tired that I finished off with drills and laps just do get the distance. Quantity over quality is not my goal.

Club meeting was about 140.6 racing. As I sat there listening, I realized just how excited I was, just how pumped about doing this race. Also thought about just how much farther I have to go in terms of preparation-mental and physical. And I haven't even done the race yet!