These past few weeks have been light on swimming, heavy on fun. Since open water season is now over and I don't have any races for a while, I've let my yardage slip a little. There have been lots of other fun things going on like:
A white water rafting trip...
Karen Fritchie and me
Me, Billy, Jessica, and Josh
Me
Jimmy and Whitney's wedding...
Sarah Hoffman, me, David Hoffman
And a visit from my mom:
With fall upon us, I've also begun my cold water training. (Ok, so far, it's only really been cool water training, but close enough). The best news is that I've found a cold water training buddy! I absolutely hate to swim alone, and I was dreading that even more than swimming in the cold. But, it turns out my teammate Sean George is training to do an Alcatraz swim in San Francisco next summer and needs to start cold water training as well. Jason is also pleased with this arrangement, since now that I have company that means he doesn't have to come to the quarry every weekend to make sure I don't get hypothermia.
Sean checking the water temp
Last weekend, I swam 4,000 yards in 67 degree water (air temp 50). So far, so good. My core stayed warm, although my skin felt a little cold the whole time.
Week 41:
Mon: swim 5300, 1 hi kickboxing, run 3mi
Tues: swim 5100, 1 hr boxing
Wed: swim 5200, 1 hr kickboxing, run 6 mi
Thurs: swim 3300, 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi
Fri: swim 5600, 1 hr kickboxing
Sat: swim 4000 in
Sun: rest
Total: swim 28,500 yds, 5 hr boxing/kickboxing, run 18 mi
Week 40:
Mon: swim 5200, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi
Tues: swim 5200, 1 hr boxing, run 3 mi
Wed: swim 5200, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi
Thurs: swim 3100, 1 hr boxing, run 5mi
Fri: rest
Sat: 1 hr boxing, run 4 mi
Sun: 1 hr boxing, swim 4000, run 6mi
Week 39:
Mon: swim 2000 yds, 1 hr boxing
Tues: swim 5300, 1 hr boxing, run 4 mi
Wed: swim 5700, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi
Thurs: swim 4900, 1 hr boxing, run 4 mi
Fri: 1 hr kickboxing
Sat: 4 hr white water rafting!
Sun: run 7mi
Total: swim 17,900, 5 hr boxing/kickboxing, run 18 mi
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