Lost

No not the TV show, which I had watched religiously until this season when it got so lame that I just couldn't stand it.  I have all the shows from the entire season sitting on my DVR but it's just so painful to watch.  I guess I just got tired of all the jerking around the show did.  It was a new concept the first season and then the 2nd season was awesome with some of the answers being revealed.  Season 3 almost did me in trying to watch it especially when Charlie died.  That was pathetic.  All he had to do was open the door and the main chamber would've started flooding so both them could swim out.  I still don't get that one.  I tried to watch the start of season 4 but it was just pissing me off too much.  Oh well, if I get real bored this summer I'll go through the DVR and watch them.

Back to what was lost, my swim technique.  It's so weird because I don't think "I'm tired" which is why I've been swimming so slow lately I think I screwed up my form.  I had that awesome swim 3 weeks ago where I went the fastest ever for an hour.  I was rocking some nice technique during that swim but now I can't remember that stroke.  I don't remember the exact motion.  I'm sure with that technique combined with the wetsuit I could average 1:35 per 100yds for Ironman swim and that gets me into the sub 70 minute group.  There wouldn't be as much crowding and I'd be able to get out of the water and not have as much bike congestion.

As Dora from Finding Nemo would say, "Just keep swimmin...swimmin".

The running has been so-so.  My ankle tendon no longer hurts but now the foot tendon is a little sore.  Ice and even more ice.  I have the quad pain I get when I haven't been running very much.  I'm running every other day so if I put in a couple of hards run here and there I should be able to keep my speed up.  I've abandoned an idea for pace during the Ironman marathon.  I'm thinking I'll just go real easy for the first 13 miles, settle in up until 18 and then it's just willpower against the sore legs for those last 8 miles.  I'm still confident and feel I could run down some fast cyclists during the run.

I was relieved as I was taking Elena to school today that the weather report was going to very little humidity.  This humidity definitely gets old.  Everything stays soaked the entire workout even the fancy wicking fabrics don't really work.  At least I won't have to carry my extra water bottles in my cycling jersey after receiving a key part for my saddle water bottle cages.  During the packing of my bike after Florida, I lost this bracket for my rear water bottle cages.  I've putting 2 extra bottles in my jersey pockets to survive my long rides.  I posted on Slowtwitch asking to buy that part.  What a great community of triathlon folks are on there because I got a response from someone saying they'd just give me the part.  The only problem is the USPS shredded the envelope it was in.  I got the envelope devoid of the part and the envelope was demolished.  So I posted again and again another awesome triathlete sent me the part for free.  They did a great job of taping it inside the envelope so it actually made it.  I installed it so I'm set for my long Independence day ride.

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