I swam in the lake again on Tuesday. It wasn't too bad. My friend and I swam out to the half mile buoy and back. On the swim back I timed myself and was sorely disappointed with a 22 minute finish. It really makes me wonder how legit these posted distances are, both in the lake and at races. Supposedly at the race in Naperville, I did the swim in 11:55. Sooo all of the sudden it takes me twice as long? WTF. Given, race day brings adrenaline and competitiveness blah blah blah... but that is a craaazy discrepancy. Maybe the problem is my watch. Afterall there was a discrepancy with my final time of that race, too... the common factor is the watch. Hmm.. Oh well. It was an enjoyable swim, especially because it was in the high 90s that day and the lake was a cool 60ish degrees. My wet suit DEFINITELY irritated my neck though. There is a bright red ring ALL the way around it, suggesting I was strangled. Try explaining that to patients and their parents! Shoot.
There is a race on July 19th that I really want to do but am scheduled to work that weekend. Someone else had asked me to switch with them so I could work their 25th/26th and they could do my 18th/19th, and I told them I'd check my calendar and by the time I saw her again at work she'd found someone else. Boo. Apparently this is a very popular weekend as NO ONE has been able to switch. In a last ditch effort, I emailed my boss asking if there is any way she can think of (I AM afterall working three weekends in a ROW right now...), and am awaiting her reply. The triathlon season is too short to only do two races. I really hope this one works out!
I went on a long run the other day (before work-- stupid), and my calves were SO sore. Whenever my muscles are sore I think that they MUST look more defined. If I can feel them with every movement, other people must be able to see them. False. If they're so out of shape that a run makes them ache so badly they're probably microscopic in size therefore painfully invisible.
I'm off to ride my bike because it's super sunny. It's also super hot which isn't AWESOME but I am sooo grateful it's not cold. Honestly. But before I go, the photos from the Naperville race were posted but you have to pay a SICK amount to get them and you can't just save them to your computer... so I took pictures of the pi
It's upsetting how beastly one looks while swimming, biking, and running in spandex. Sigh.
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I think you look GREAT in spandex.
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