Great Workout, But Missing Consistancy

I know I haven’t been writing updates nearly as much as I was when I was training for my first triathlon, but that is kind of the same way my training has been going. I have definitely gotten some good training in, but it hasn’t been consistent.

Some of the good things that have happened is that I have joined the Winter Park YMCA. The Y is really great here because with my membership I have access to three different pools (2 outdoors and 1 outdoors). One of the pools is right next to a great trail, which will be great for a brick workout or mock-tri. In addition to all of this, there is also a group called the TriManiacs that is part of the Y.

The TriManiacs organizes practices and even has coached swim sessions. It took me awhile to get hooked up with them, but finally on Sunday I was able to join them for a workout.

For the workout the group met at Wekiwa Springs State Park. It started with a swim around the beautiful spring (see picture above), which is crystal clear but is also 70-75 degrees year-round. I wore an old wetsuit I had and was perfectly fine. All in all I did 3 laps of the spring, which is about 600 meters. Mark Casey, the coach of the TriManiacs, gave me some great tips while I was swimming, such as remembering to keep my head down so that my body will be more vertical in the water and using my whole arm as a paddle instead of just my hand.

After the swim we got on our bikes and rode on the West Orange Trail that is only a short 3-miles from Wekiwa Springs. The total ride was about 50 miles round-trip.

After the workout I was exhausted and HUNGRY! So I went to Wendy’s and gorged. It was great!

Only 40 more days!