We have our first triathlon of the year coming up on April 18th at Belews Lake. I am getting a little worried about the race being so soon. Not because of the fact that we haven’t trained much (which we haven’t) but because the mean water temperature of the lake right now is 55. I don’t mind cold weather but I am a big wimp when it comes to cold water so I am really hoping for all this rain to stop and that we get some warm weather the next couple weeks! The water was 68 last year when we did the race and that was about as cold as I want to be in even with a wetsuit.
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Hoping For Warm Weather
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Why Ease Back In?
Saturday, March 7th, 2009Ever since we did our marathon the weather here has been either cold and rainy or cold and snowy so I hadn’t ridden my bike or run until today (I have been swimming so I haven’t been completely lazy). Susan is at her 48 hour crop this weekend so Tamara and I got together this morning and did a brick workout. In total we did around 24 miles or riding and around 4 miles of running. It was a beautiful day here with temperatures getting up to almost 80 and not a cloud in the sky so it was great to be outside. It was also nice to get back out on the bike and running. I was planning on going home and being lazy for the rest of the day, but while I was driving home I got a message from Susan that she was coming home for a quick ride and asked if I would go with her. I figured it was a beautiful day and I hadn’t seen her this weekend so why not. So I got home, grabbed a quick bite to eat and then we went out for about 15 miles.
Tomorrow’s weather is suppose to be like today and I am suppose to go for a 3 hour ride with Tamara in the morning (Susan will still be scrapbooking). I probably should wear some sunscreen because I got a lot of sun today but I am guessing that won’t happen. hopefully this weather is hear to stay because training like this is much nicer than the 25 degrees and 15 mph winds that we were training in for the marathon.