back in town

Back in Boulder, back to regimented training, Ironman Kansas in 9 weeks!

I got home to hear my wife tell me that while I was gone my bikes fell inside the garage, where I had them on some inane contraption to save space, right onto the car...I have been living in fear the last, i don't know how long, that this day would come, it's just not a good way to live! Thinking I might put my tri-bike next to my bed at night, just so I know it's alright! Maybe tuck a corner of the aerobars under my pillow...

Working hard on swim stroke, although sometimes I think too much and don't relax in the water....I fix one thing and another gets all out of whack...Needs constant attention, but needing to get to a point where I just get comfortable with a style ( however ugly it may be) and go with it, and leave all the tweaking for the next off-season. I'm never going to blow anybody away in the water, so it's just using less energy, becoming consistent, and improving technique to prevent injury...

People say "you should do duathlons since you struggle with the swim", but I say that it's the challenge of the swim that makes swimming enjoyable. My first triathlon two years ago, I could barely swim 200 yards without going to side stroke or breast stroke, and now, well, it's not much better, but I can free stroke the entire race at least!

Did 1.2 mile swim today follwed by two hours on the bike to see if the thing still worked....it seemed alright.