I just spent how much on what?!?!

Yesterday I took the girls to Gear West to take a look at wetsuits. I thought I would be spending about $200. You can get one for that, but that is bottom of the line. So I went to the mid-level which fit and moved so much nicer and ended up spending $400 on one. I am thinking one of these days this sport will end up not costing so much!

On a roll

I am 2 days shy of being with my coach for 4 weeks and I have not missed or skimped on a workout yet! I know it is because I am accountable to someone. Why is it so hard to do things on your own? I have my first race in about 4 weeks. I just read that the ice has finally melted off the lake and that they recommend wetsuits. I was going to wait awhile longer to get one.

I feel I have made a lot of progress in the last 4 weeks. I have moved up a swim "level" and, just like I w as when I was a kid, I am leading a lane. There are 2 lanes in my level and I am leading a slower one, but I can tell you I get a better workout than the people who are behind the other leader. It is amazing the difference in the effort it takes to lead compared to going 3rd or 4th in a lane.
More progress will come on the bike once I can get outside. Hopefully Sunday is nice enough because I have a 3 hour bike and that could be miserable inside.

Running is coming along as well. I had a 5K time trial on Thursday and ran it in 28 minutes. However I did run 3.2 miles instead of the 3.1 which is a real 5K, so my time is more around 27 minutes. I am not sure why I thought 3.2 was right. All I have to say is that it was 6am and I was really tired!