Week 11, Days 71-75

Day 71: Today was a fun day! Since I don't go swimming till 7 pm a good friend of mine and I went to see two great movies. We really had a great time. When 7 pm came it was time to get back to work. =) Today was an easy day in the pool. We swam 2,600 yds, with 600 in drills and then 2,000 tempo swim.  I was feeling really good swimming today expect around the last 300. My shoulder has been causing some problems lately and today in the last 300 I was in a lot of pain. So I am going to see how I feel on Wednesday swimming and then make a decision Wednesday to see if I should get it looked at. Other then that I am feeling good with just a few aches and pains but nothing that is new, which is good! Tomorrow I am hoping to get on my bike, but I told myself that I really have to give my house so attention. =[ It really is tough to have time for everything when you are training for an Ironman, but I am loving it!!!!!

Day 72: Well the house won my attention today, but it needed it! I am glad to have a clean house for a few days till it gets dirty again. If I could only afford a cleaning person.  =) At least tomorrow is a trip up to Cartersville for hopefully a good training day!

Day 73: Today I had a really good training day. Even though I hate when my alarm clock goes off at 6 am, I always look forward to today's training day. I did a real easy 3 mile run and enjoyed every minute of it. =) Since I knew I was going to try to go out hard on the bike I wanted to take it easy. Like always we did a 27 mile ride and I think I avg. my best today out of all my Wednesday morning rides. I think I can thank Sheila for that. She is an amazing biker and I told her I was going to chase her the whole time. At mile 20 she dropped me completely where I couldn't even see her so next time I'll see if I can hold on a little longer. I really would think that all the hills I ride on, the hills would get easier but that doesn't seem to be the case. I guess it is time to start working in hill intervals, ugh. After a really good ride it was off to Lake Allatoona for our swim. The water was about 78 degrees so there were no wetsuits today! First swim without a wetsuit wet good, but boy do I love the wetsuit. Swimming is just so much easier with it =) I did about 2,000 yds and felt really good. My shoulder felt pretty good. I could feel a very faint pain, but nothing major so I was happy about that. Over all I am very please with my training today.

 Fox forgot his normal helmet so he was wearing the sperm helmet so he is pretending to look fast!!!

Sheila and I at one of the regrouping spots

First swim with no wetsuits!!!!

Day 74: Today was going to be a running and a weight training day, but when I got home from work and a  severe thunderstorms hit I canned the training for the night.

Day 75: Fridays are my off days and normally if since I didn't do anything on Thursday I would normally do something today. The is only one problem though... I need to go to bed so I can stay up all night for work. Before I got to bed though just a little preview of what is to come for the next two weeks. Tomorrow after work I leave for Daytona Beach for a friends wedding, so I am not sure that I will get a run in. We are leaving though at 6am Sunday morning so I can try to get back to get a bike ride in. Then on June 4th, Jordan and I leave for St. Martin for a week. When I get back though it is going to be balls to the wall and full speed ahead for training. So sorry friends and family if I seem to have disappear for the last 3 months of my training.