Week 13. 7 more to go!

The race is in 47 days. This is NUTS! It seems like there should be more time left but I know I'll be ready.

Well this past week was fun! Wednesday evening Bonnie, AC RAndy, Ted and Dondria met me at Klineline for our official 2008 OWS. The fishermen were looking at us like we were insane (which we are) and one of them said to me "your going to die if you swim in that cold water." Well we had the belief that we were going to do 1 lap but as we entered the water we knew that maybe a 100 yard out and back would be all that we coul handle. The air temp was 52 and the water temp was 47. Oh my gosh! After the first few times of gasping for air I was able to keep my face in and get my strokes down. I had forgot how much faster I am in my wetsuit compared to swimming in the pool.

Well my goal for this week was to ride 100 miles Sunday. My plan called for a 5 hour ride and I decided to do the time instead of the miles. The weather was perfect with a slight wind and 71*.

On this ride I worked on putting the final touches to my nutrition plan for the bike portion of the race and found myself taking in too many calories. To sum up the ride I had 3 close calls with cars, great weather, Angela and Jessi taking some pictures of me and being stopped by a CCSO.
Yes, I fought the law but the law won! I was about a 1/4 mile from home and coming to a 4 way stop. I looked both ways 3 times each and saw it was safe so I just blew the stop sign. As soon as I came through the intersection I saw a sheriffs officer coming towards me. He turned on his lights and pulled in behind me. Now let me be the first to say that I have a "wish" to get a speeding ticket on my bike, not a ticket for some dumb ass thing that I did! Well we discussed what I did (or didn't do) and I was sent on my way. I felt terrible for doing that because I am the first to bitch at cyclists when they pull stuff like that. Lesson learned.

Good news on my foot! I ran this Sunday after a two week hiatus and had no pain what so ever! I ran a nice comfortable 9 minute mile pace with the yellow group at VanFit and it was one of the best runs I have had! I am going to have a couple of more visits with Ike and then see how it does.

Key workouts for the upcoming week: 4 days of 40. 4 days in a row of 40 miles on the bike.
Run: 2:20 run on Sunday
Swim: work on bilateral breathing.

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