cold water.

the water this morning was 72degrees. that's a bit chilly to start, but i like it as i get into the set. people couldn't take it apparantly because i was 1 of only 4 people that did the entire set. the warm up was 2000yds continuous and i time trialed it and completed it in about 30 minutes. that is about the distance for the tri and my goal has been to swim in less than 35 minutes so i'm pretty happy. it's just like running or riding...if you train in undesirable conditions you have a instant mental edge when comes to race day. although, it seems i may be dealing with more heat than i'm used to on the bike and run if the weather that pat experienced out west holds up. regardless of air temp, though, the water will surely be cold.

i did some speed work last night at badger prarie park. there was a track meet on the verona hs track (what do they think it is, track season?). it is probably for the best, because i end up doing slightly longer reps than i would on the track. i had planned on 800's but i ended up doing 4x3min hard (hr=185bpm) with 1.5 rest. the volume isn't large, but it's been so long since i've consistantly done any speedwork that i'm just trying to get some feel back without the risk of injury. i'll do mile repeats next week, maybe as a farlek (do they still call it that??). huh huh, i said fart.

nice work this weekend pat!

what else? hmmm....