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"3o minute" night

Bike (stationary): 30 minutes - 7.5 miles (15 mph, woo hoo!) Legs felt like sludge starting out, the usual side effect of a too-long layoff, but I'm conditioning myself to realize if I work through it it'll get easier (people tell me that applies to everyday life too but I'm not buying it quite yet).

Run (treadmill): 30 minutes - 3.1 miles (9:41 min-mi., 6.2 mph - nothing to write home about but I was going for an even, easy pace).

A bit of weights work for the arms, not related to "30 minutes", just some filler at the end.

My last real training day was last Thursday... I'm a bit disappointed in that but sometimes things get in the way. Busy at work and a wedding in NJ next weekend means sometimes something has to give. I kinda need my job (until I get sponsored by Adidas, HA!) so some days that has to come first.

I did get a bunch of swimming in on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. My shoulder was talking about it today. I had my sister measure off the distance by GPS and out to the buoy is 1/10 mile. That puts a round trip at .2 mi. Over the course of 3 days I did about 5 laps so about 1 mi. total. Not great but better than nothing. I do need to spend some time on it. Training my body to breath right is going to be the key to surviving the swim with energy to spare. Right now I'm still getting lightheaded by the end. Not tired really but I wouldn't be ready to hop right on a bike which is sort of the point. Proper swim trunks are definitely in my future. Drag suits are really a drag and don't help much with defining or maintaining good technique.

Speaking of trunks, since I was had to go to the mall anyway to drop off a suit for tailoring, I dropped by lululemon to see if I could find some briefs that would avoid the severe chaffing I've been having. Based on tonight's test I think it is a huge success. It was a little awkward to start, the size might be a little off, but overall the range of motion and the feel was a huge improvement over my cotton underwear. During the run portion of my workout I was able to relax a lot more and my muscles felt looser and better circulating. I think I'm done with my old cottons, I just can't see myself going back to the discomfort now. I have a long sleeve shirt I'll have to try next.