Day 3: Early Morning Swim, and Long Steady Bike ride....

Got up at the butt crack of dawn to swim today.  Leaving my two cuddle bugs in a nice warm bed to be jumping in a chilly pool all for the sake of finishing a triathlon, I must be crazy! It was sooo worth it.  Today I used a different pool so I could meet a friend and also fellow Vineman participant this year.  Workouts are better in numbers I have to say. 

This mornings pool was cooler than I am used to and had more people.  I split a lane with a guy who was doing the butterfly, whoa!  It was good practice for the splashing waves I will be dealing with during the event.  This dude would literally push me into the lane marker every time he passed.  :-) It was frustrating to see how easily I can be pushed around but also good to know what I need to work on before i hit the open water (something I am so dreading, and also need to get a wetsuit for as well). 

In any case the workout was to do 3 x 100 and then 2 x 200 easy focusing on strokes, breathing and getting my butt up and chest down.  Ugh I cant get my ass up if my life depended on it.  Grr!  Again I have time to work on this.  My swimming partner watched me a few times as I would swim past her telling me that I am fast and if I can get my butt and feet up, I would be even faster.  Hm nice to know but all I want to do is not drown....at least that is still what is going through my mind.  Although fast isn't a bad thing either.

Out of the pool onto an hour of flexibility.  I took a class called PiYo at 24 hour where I swam and it was nice to see where I need MORE work on my flexibility.  It was a very low intensity yoga-esk class that we did on a mat barefoot.  During some of the poses I would look down at my feet and see what my toes were doing...cool they were spread wide keeping me balanced!  Yay the barefoot shoes and exercises for my feet are working. Now if only I can actually touch my hands to the ground and get these darn hamstrings to leg loose. In due time they will, I know they will. 

Back at home I have so many things to catch up on, blog entries (oh wait I am doing that right now), writing up my columns for the 3 new places I will be writing for.  Sorry I can't share just yet who these are for but when they get published I will let you all know.  Till then just wait patiently at home in front of your computer refreshing the screen till you see it...LOL, dont' do that.  Go get out there and EXERCISE!  On that note I am off for my #2 workout LSD on the bike, be back in a few........