Training Update Week 10

• 1:30 swim
• 3:00 bike
• 40 minutes run (in two bricks of 45 min bike + 10 min run & 90 min bike + 30 min run)

Several highlights this week:

• promoted to the medium speed swimming lane and swom free style the entire hour, never more than 30 seconds rest between drills/ speed trials. My mind game: trying to catch up to the swimmer ahead of me. Besides swallowing gallons of pool water and being constantly out of breath, I managed and felt terrific. Next is to learn to rotate my body when i swim vs. swimming "flat."
  
• first outdoor brick of the year. Effortless bike ride and run to get used to the distance and the bike.
• practice with my new toys: clip ons on the bike (i did NOT fall yet), sunglasses with the yellow lenses (awesome, could not feel them), Zoot shirt and the "pampers" cycling shorts for the run.

My goal for St Anthony is to finish under 3 hours, with very conservative estimates:

• 30 minutes for the 0.9 mile swim
• 90 minutes for 25 mile ride
• 1 hour for the 6.2 mile run
  

If I'm lucky, i'll do 2:45.

The weight loss is going the OPPOSITE direction. I make too many exceptions...