Day 126, Week 18, Short Core [8.5 minutes]

Nominal short core day will elliptical to burn 300 calories.  All rested and ready for tomorrow's race.

Day 125, Week 18, Long Swim [2650y]

Great swim. PR pace for 1.5-1.75 miles. I concentrated on working out the hesitations just before taking each stroke. I think maybe they been their because of trying to think about what I'm doing since the swim clinic.  I have to be careful not to push up my stroke rate but I could get in a good groove by starting my catch immediately after my arm hits the water in front.  Cool.  And Garmin says rest until 6:30 Sunday morning.  My wave starts ~8:30.  2 extra hours!

Day 124, Week 18, Long Core [34 minutes]

Seemed grueling on the second two sets.  Stomach was a upset some.  Otherwise, it was a good tough workout plus some elliptical to get to 300 calories burned.  I did notice when I got up this morning a little soreness/discomfort on the outside of my legs just above my ankles.  No big deal and only notice if pressure applied, so just something to note.

Day 123, Week 18, Short Core [8.5 minutes]

and elliptical to get 300 calorie burn balance.  No ill effects from yesterday's long run.  Cool!

Day 122, Week 18, Long Run [15 miles]

Great run. PR distance and my peak distance before the race.  I'll have four weeks of doing 15 mile runs before tapering.  Didn't quite feel grueling, though it was tough. I probably could've done with more water. Pace wasn't as fast as I'd like, but I'm still recovering from brick on Sunday.  It'll be the same for the 4 weeks left outside the two Olympic races I have on the calendar.  Best of all no knee pain like I had last week.  I switched to my new shoes and obviously my shoes were my knee pain problem.  That's good.

Day 121, Week 18, Short Core [8.5min]

Also got in elliptical to have 299 calories for the day.  I adjusted my weight in Runkeeper after the fact and it gave me one less calories, so my target calories on elliptical was one short.  Oh, well, c'est la vie.  Ready for 15 miles tomorrow.  I hope I'll be okay. Garmin tells me I need to rest after yesterday's training for 4 days or until Thursday.  But, I'm doing endurance training.  Good for me to do 15 miles not fully rested.  Yeah!

Addition: I did a workout class at 90+ on hip mobility.  Learned about gauging mobility, rubbing out muscles with roller, stretches and strength exercises.  I'm not going to incorporate yet, but there's good stuff for thought there.  I need to get electronic copy of her handout.

Day 120, Week 17, Long Brick [45/2.5M]

Great brick at new PR distance.  I switch from trying to layout of single circuit and layed out various loops to put together.  It worked out really well.  Try out seat worked better, though still sliding down some.  Practiced with new aerobars too. I feel like I want to adjust the arms rests forward some.  I'll play with them.  I also need to clean up my bike from mud and GU on the handle bars and frame.