My weekend

Now it’s my turn to blog my own stuff. The weekend was great! I had a couple of great workouts and a couple of great rides with Carmen. First, Saturday I decided to do a mock tri. So I got everything I needed and put it all in my garage and went to the pool and swam 1000 meters, then I got my bike out of the garage and rode 48km at a 36.8 kph pace then I put my bike back into the garage and ran a 5K. Felt pretty good. I’m still worried about the swim. I’m not sure if I can go from not swimming to a triathlon in 2 weeks but we’ll see. Anyway, later that afternoon, Carmen and I went out on out mountain bikes and rode another 7 miles. That actually was a tough ride for Carmen. The wind was coming strait out from the north (headwind) at 15mph, but she did it. Very proud! Coming back was fun with that tail wind. Sunday, I decided to go down to a local park and swim in the lake. The water was really silty. I’m sure that not too many people have swan in it in a while. After my swim, I took off my wetsuit and donned on my running shoes for about a 30 minute run. Went back home, grabbed the bike and headed back out for another 51.2km ride. The wind was still high but I managed to keep about a 40kph pace. Ok....now I was starting to get tired. Later that afternoon, Carmen and I went back out for another ride, this time not as windy!! That was really fun. One thing that I like about our rides is that I don’t have to worry about miles or speeds; I just have to peddle and enjoy the scenery and the company!! One thing that I did notice was that our speed was picking up a bit. I think that Carmen is getting the hang of it. But that was the weekend. Today...NOTHING! I’m tired and sore. Need to take a day to recouperate.

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