Yay! Another outdoor ride!

BIKE 25 miles in 1:44, includes commute into work
SWIM 1700y in about 38 mins, short intervals, kicks, and drills

Woo-hoo another beautiful ride outside! It's funny to think that I was still so tempted to hop on the Bird and ride the trainer. On one hand, the trainer would have given me the opportunity to do the workout as specified (2x 20 mins at 90%) with no stoplights and downhill coasts. But on the other hand, this is the real thing. My race won't be a bump-free steady ride. Quantity vs quality.

My other reasons for riding a trainer were that my race bike has aero bars. But the Bird isn't my race bike either! Another was that I'd be done 'faster' and more efficiently. Doing it this way I saved time by including my commute. Reasons vs excuses.

OK so riding up Midland isn't terribly exciting. But it was way better than I expected in terms of traffic. In all that time, only one school bus gave me any worry whatsoever. I loved it! I could smell laundry in the drier while riding past apartments. Saw all kinds of exercises in FoPa. Nodded to other riders, both commuters and roadies. Waaaay better than more hours indoors on a trainer :)

The swim was later in the morning, another trip to the Y with the DH so I stuck to his time goals. I wanted to do 60-75 mins, but if that's what I want then I need to go on my own! Since this wasn't a 'quality' workout, I didn't worry it too much. The MS consisted of 20x75, odds as 50free/25kick and evens as 25free/25choice/25 free. I just rounded it up and did 10x150s by combining the odd and even set. I only finished 6 before the CD.

I was happy to see that an easy 50 only took 55 seconds or so. I felt the glide in the water. For once the pool felt warm. I thought about how working with Evolve has me focused on what I can do, and not everything I'm doing wrong!