In the Pool

I wanted to give today's swim a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10, but then I though about it and realized that not only did I get in the water, I swam about a third of the required yardage and tried to make the best of the feeling I had of being super slow and frustrated. So it doesn't get a 2—it gets at least a 5. Far from 10, but far from 2 also. Not any better than last week's swim, and only slightly worse. The most frustrating part was feeling like and thinking that I was going to swim well only to get it and feel like a brick. Sinking, not moving, ugh.

Then it was off to Cool Springs for the Harpeth Bike Club ride. Today I was supposed to ride 1:20 and knew that the group ride wouldn't take me that long, so I rode my bike out there. That also added a few more miles and gave me an excuse to not go to Mexicali afterward. It turned out well, especially since Lisa wasn't there and Lee probably wouldn't have gone either (thanks to someone on his bike hitting her in her car).

This week, last week, the week before.

• 1:35:50, 28.26 miles, 17.7 avg (35.5 max), 1763 cal, 150 HR (189 max);
  1:02:01, 20.01 miles, 19.4 avg (34.9 max), 1249 cal, 172 HR (191 max);
  1:05:37, 20.69 miles, 18.9 avg (34.4 max), 1291 cal, 164 HR (190 max)
• From house to CS: 16:09, 3.68 mi, 13.7 avg, 117 HR (I had to stop, twice, to fix my seat)
• 24:06, 8.91 mi, 22.2 avg, 145 HR;
  21:45, 8.01 mi, 22.1 avg, 171 HR;
  27:43, 8.81 mi, 19.1 avg, 160 HR
• 39:34, 12.0 mi, 18.2 avg, 172 HR;
  40:16, 12.0 mi, 17.9 avg, 174 HR;
  37:54, 11.88 mi, 18.8 avg, 168 HR
• From CS to house: 16:00, 3.68 mi, 13.8 avg, 140 HR