Still sore from Saturday!
Got in a good open water swim this morning. Went the full mile in 25 mins this morning. I'm getting much more comfortable in the water now. I can actually swim a mostly straight line without looking more than every five or six strokes. I just have to keep at it.
Ran at lunch 5 miles. First half my legs were really sore on the downhill. Then the course evens out or goes uphill, and my legs felt good on that, so I pushed it a bit on the second half. I figured after three runs I should have worked everything out, but that is not the case. My legs are still sore to touch and I have trouble walking down steps. Flat or up is about 90% ok now, though.
I'm disappointed how this week has turned out. I didn't think I'd have this much of a recovery problem, and I'm missing some of the last opportunity to make gains on the bike. Every time I go up a hill on the bike, I improve, and I've missed two opportunities this week. Tomorrow I'm going to force the uphill bike workout so I don't miss that opportunity. Then this weekend, I'm camping, and I'm going to take my MTB and do a trail brick, which should be fun!
I'm a family guy who is addicted to swim/bike/run and anything to do with getting out into the backcountry wilderness areas. This blog focuses on the swim, bike, run and other various aspects of my attempts to finish in the top ten percent of my age group in whatever race I do. It used to be all about finishing the legs of an Olympic Distance triathlon: swim in 20 minutes, bike in 60 minutes, and run in 40 minutes. Now, it's more about training well and finishing well.
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