Milestone and 90s movie flashback

I hit a new swimming milestone this morning. My longest swim of my short brief career so far, 3400 yards or 65 minutes of continuous swimming. My overall time was okay but the last few 100 yard splits were pretty pathetic even though it felt like I was doing a decent pace. I just think I wasn't pulling as hard because my body was tired. I really busted out some fast 100 splits at about the 2000 yard mark. I'm hoping I can extend my pace farther if I keep getting in these long swims. I need a 75 minute swim to feel easy so I'll be ready for that Ironman swim.

I went for a brick run after a hard bike ride yesterday around 1:30pm. My foot felt "okay". I notices a little twinge here and there but I was happy..until this morning when it feels a little sore. I iced the foot right after the run yesterday and I have my ice corn bag on it right now. This really sucks. I guess I'm not going to have to worry about overtraining for the marathon portion of the Ironman. I'll be lucky if I get in a couple of 18 mile runs at all the next 2 months or so. I think I'll be looking for a podiatrist via my health insurance soon. I hate doctors because they rarely understand endurance athletes.

I got back from my run at around 2pm and decided to check out the doppler radar. There was a mention of thunderstorms for the afternoon. That turned to a full blown tornado watch as this massive storm was head straight for DC. It was sunny and about 80 degrees around 3:30 and then it got dark and just starting pouring rain with intense wind.
I was wondering where Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt were chasing the storm just waiting for a tornado to appear or the RV helmed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. His break out film before moving to his real parts like his Oscar winning role in Capote.

I can't see much from my condo's window except some big trees which were basically blowing sideways during the storm. I'm just glad I wasn't out on the bike or running when it happened because it easily rained about an inch in the 20 minutes that storm lasted.

Power was flickering and out in some locations just south of where I'm at. This morning on the way to the pool a bunch of street lights were out. School is out today because some schools don't have power. A total mess...and to think I thought I only had to worry about snow issues when moving here.

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