th-sun

again...smashing several days in one post...sorry...

since the race on monday counted towards total hours for the week i had a surprise free afternoon...so i went to the thursday morning swim class and was the done with workouts for the day at 7am...not bad...guess i have progressed to t2...though i think it is because of IM distance not because i have improved that much...i have improved some...so 3200 at 5.45am doesn't seem quite as impossible as it used to...

thursday afternoon off...and all of friday :) woo woo...though i did bike to and from campus...and didn't just lay in bed...school work is beginning to pile up and i am beginning to feel it...but j has been pitching in around the house...it is amazingly helpful and stress relieving when he does stuff even with out being asked...

saturday T3 set up practiceman...out at decker lake...there was a 500m swim course...that we could do as many loops as we wanted....then we were out on the longhorn bike course for 56 then the IM kids were back out for the couples tri loop for a total of just under 70...then we were all going to hangout for a bbq after....i did 1500 on the swim and the full bike...with little to no issues....launched a bottle after i hit an unexpected bump in the road....but that was about it...road about 1/2 mile behind jim and was able to follow him for the turns until the bottle issue...then i pulled out the map and made it back to the park and out onto the last loop...saw some folks out running...(they had an option to run off the bike)...that was nice too...fun to cheer each other on...hung out for a while and had a beer and boca burger...then home for homework...

sunday was super long run day...22 to be exact...took me 3h50m...a long run....mentally i had a good run and that was helpful...also good nutrition too...my knees didn't want to bend towards the end...and my feet kind of wanted to fall off...but i pushed through and got it done...it was great to see team mates and friends out along the trail...i got a lot of words or encouragement and that is so helpful...it is hard to describe how great that is...got a good soak in with jeremiah and the dogs...and now...lots of eating and chemistry left to do before school on monday...and hopefully some harry potter too... :)