Nuclear swim

Last weekend was the 3rd race in the inaugural Triangle Open Water series, a 1 mi swim in Harris Lake (near the nuclear plant). While the water tasted midly of uranium, it was a fun, well-organized event. It was a big race for a first time event and it reached its cap of 250 entrants.

With so many people, the race organizers split us into 2 waves, with the men starting several minutes ahead of the women. I didn't like not seeing where the male leaders were or having to weave through the pack of men as the female leaders caught up, but there was a bright side to starting behind - there was always plenty of feet ahead of me, so it was nearly impossible to get lost!

I came out of the water first out of the women. Heidi Williams finished very soon after, placing 3rd. We didn't know how we placed overall, until they posted the results. I was very surprised that I had placed first overall! The rest of DAMA did very well too - Jessica Proud, Matt McElwee, Matt Davis, Mary Anna Hovey, and Sandra McKinnon all placed in their age groups.

Game face

Heidi's finish

Heidi and I cooling down

In other news....

Yes, the summer is now over for me and it's back to the real world. While I didn't sell any sea shells, I had almost unlimited time over the summer for channel training. Now it's back to work for me and squeezing everything in is going to be much more difficult!

Week 35:

Mon: swim 5600 yds, 1 hr kickboxing, run 4 mi

Tues: swim 6200, 1 hr boxing

Wed: swim 5500, 1 hr kickboxing, run 4 mi

Thurs: swim 5000, 1 hr boxing, run 4 mi

Fri: swim 4200, 1 hr kickboxing

Sat: 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi

Sun: swim 4500, 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi

Total: swim 31,000, 7 hr boxing/kickboxing, run 22 mi

Week 34:

Mon: swim 6,000 yds, 1 hr kickboxing

Tues: swim 5200, 1 hr boxing, run 3 mi

Wed: swim 4000, 1 hr kickboxing, run 3 mi

Thurs: 1 hr boxing, swim 4700

Fri: swim 1900, run 3 mi

Sat: run 5 mi

Sun: swim 4500, run 5 mi

Total: swim 26,300 yds, 5 hr boxing/kickboxing, run 19 mi

Week 33:

Mon: swim 6500 yds, 1 hr kickboxing, run 5 mi

Tues: swim 4000, 1 hr kickboxing, 1 hr boxing

Wed: swim 5100, 1 hr boxing, run 3 mi

Thurs: swim 5300, 1 hr boximg, run 4 mi

Fri: swim 3500, 1 hr boxing

Sat: run 5 mi

Sun: swim 7000, 1 hr boxing, run 5 mi

Total: swim 31,400 yds, 7 hr boxing/kickboxing, run 22 mi