This morning I swan 44 laps (one mile) in 43:49.  The good news: was moving along just "fast" enough that no one thought I was drowning.  The bad news: I've hit a bit of a threshold.  Haven't been able to break the 40 minute mile, at least not in this short pool. Sounds like an excuse to me. Would love to get in an Olympic size pool and see how I'd do. 

So now, it's time to do a bit more running. Ahhh my first love.  Still slow as sin, but the swimming has certainly helped. Probably unrealistic, but I would love to do the Austin Ironman 70.3 at the end of October.  In fact, in a moment of late night weakness about 4 months ago, I signed up (and paid)  entry fee for this.  I had fully expected my running and cycling much more by now.

The swim I could do today. It's 1.2 miles in a lake. That's the easy leg.   The bike wouldn't be pretty but I could do 56 miles very slowly.  The sad part is I can't run 13.1 miles.  I could walk/run about 10 but wouldn't make the cut off times.  So it's time to get this big flabby butt in gear. 

It's sort of odd to me, that 3 years ago I could run 50 miles without breaking a sweat, now I am building up to run 13.1.  Maybe odd isn't the word, maybe ironic....or perhaps pathetic.  Whatever you call it - I love a challenge.

Time to catch up:

Saturday, July 6
Rode the bike 12 miles.  Didn't get an accurate time.  Derailleur need adjusting. Clatters between 2 and 4th gear. 

Sunday, July 7
Ran/walked 3 miles.  Didn't have much time as we were trying to make 9am church service.  Felt pretty good.

Monday, July 8
Swam 44 laps in 45:50. A little sluggish this morning.

A great morning

These mild temperatures have been so helpful.  Got in 54:25 in a walk/run/walk this morning.  Did 1 mile in 9:10 then walked 10 minutes and did another mile in 9:14.  Slow but doing more running and less walking.   Hope to dust of the bicycle and get a ride in Saturday morning!

July 2nd

Decided to walk/run today.  Hit it around 7am, while temps were cool.  Did a total of 1:17:35.  I walked the first 15 minutes then ran 1 mile at about a 9:15 pace, then walked another 15 minutes.  Repeated the sequence until I got home.  Felt pretty tired but happy the running is coming along.  Still slow, but it's progress.

Welcome to July!

Not a bad way to start July!  Mild temperatures have been a blessing.  Hoping to run more this week.

This morning it was back to the pool  The elusive 40 minute mile still beyond reach.  Did 44 laps (one mile) in 43:32 this morning.  Getting easier to do a mile, just not getting faster.  Hope to run tomorrow morning.

Swam 44 laps in 42 minutes Friday.  Felt good but got pretty tired.

Sunday I walked 4.5 miles with a few short runs mixed in.  The longest run was 1/2 mile.  Felt pretty good because of the cooler temps. 

Overall feeling stronger.  Tulsa Run is a definite possibility!

Hope to swim in the morning and still have a 40 min. goal for 1 mile.

Did 44 laps (1 mile) in 46:16.  The good news; I did the first 20 laps non-stop.  The bad news;  I really slowed in the last 10 laps.  Still I will count this as progress.



In this picture, the pool looks dirty, but it wasn't. Must have been the lighting or something.  It's always good to be the first one in the pool at 7am.