Lots of good days since that bad day

Training has been much better since that one really bad day. I've just been too lazy to post about it.

I had two really great rides, two Saturdays in a row. I remembered to drink! And no worries here in the desert about drinking too much -- it's almost impossible. Plus, for my long workouts, I take an isotonic drink, not water (and food, too). Unfortunately, on both long rides, I had flats! GRRR!!!

And I finally learned how to jump on my bike, though I really need to practice this skill. And I learned how to get off by swinging one leg over the bike. The problem is, I learned to do both of these things in running shoes. I suspect that trying to do them in cycling shoes will be a bit more difficult!

I've apparently learned how to do the butterfly correctly, as well. Or at least I do it well enough for my coach to ask me to demonstrate for the rest of the team. So why is it still so damn hard?!

And I have almost perfected my flip turns. They're much better.

And I've taken quite a bit off of my 50 meter freestyle time. It's still not fast, but yesterday, I did a timed 50 in :48. That is by far the fastest I've ever swum.

Next week it's back to school. I didn't achieve my summer goal of getting more time in on the bike, but this is mainly because the new coach asked us not to do extra workouts. I did get quite a few kilometers in, though, so I guess although I didn't add bike workouts, I did spend more time on my bike. One of my other summer goals was to learn to swim the butterfly. I did that :-) And I learned to do a flip turn, which I hadn't even considered as a goal (didn't think I'd ever be able to do it). So it's been a productive summer. There are about three months left to the triathlon season here. I'm looking forward to enjoying them!