The question is: will this make me faster?

Ankeny,IA 
Today
Sunny High 79FLow 66F
  • Temp: 78F
  • Hum: 58%
  • W: 9mph SE
SUNDAY
Torrential rain shower
High 83F
Low 65F
MONDAY
Moderate or heavy rain shower
High 78F
Low 56F
TUESDAY
Partly Cloudy
High 75F
Low 54F
WEDNESDAY
Overcast
High 65F
Low 53F

June 28

Run
  • 24m
  • 3.00 miles
  • 08m /Mi

Treadmill run. Ankle feels good.

June 27

Bike
  • 1h 00m
  • 20.28 miles
  • 20.28 Mi/hr

100 degrees outside, so I decided to ride on the trainer instead.

June 24

Swim
  • 15m 25s
  • 750.00 yards
  • 02m 03s /100 yards
Bike
  • 36m 33s
  • 12.50 miles
  • 20.52 Mi/hr
Run
  • 26m 48s
  • 3.10 miles
  • 08m 39s /Mi
I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this. Bottom line, I shouldn't have been racing today. I thought I was feeling well enough to give it a shot, and when I got to the course, I thought I was feeling better. But about 200m into the swim, I knew I was in trouble. I was having a hard time breathing with my throat swollen. On the bike, I felt pretty good to be in the air again. The course was very hilly, and every time I tried to switch to my small ring, the chain fell off. One time I had to stop and get off to put it back on, which must have cost me two minutes. I didn't think it took me that long, but you know how it goes in a situation like that. My bike computer had me at 21.7 MPH when I arrived back at transition, which would be my pace if I was 2 minutes faster (it stops automatically when the bike stops). And the run was agony. I felt like I was barely faster than walking. My throat was killing at that point, so I couldn't even drink water. My run pace is embarrassing. When I got home, I looked in my mouth again, and I have about 15 small ulcers on the back of my throat, meaning I have herpangina, in addition to the (tested) strep I have. I feel like crap this afternoon. I haven't been able to do the other family stuff I would normally been doing. Racing today was a bad decision.

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