Swim

• 42m
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Swam in Lake Erie, sort of near where the Rev 3 swim will be. The lake was totally calm. I was kind of hoping for preparation in case of rough water on race day, but I guess I'll have to get that some other day. It was a beautiful morning. The beach was lovely at Sawmill Creek. Swam with the group that gathered for Rev3 workout day. There were 6 of us that came early to swim. The water was murky compared to the quarry. I couldn't see anything. It was an adjustment.

Bike

• 5h 22m 58s
• 93.34 miles
• 17.34 Mi/hr

Wow, I did it! Look at that! 93 miles!
Of the group of 15 or so who turned out for Rev3 training day, three of us ended up doing the Full Rev loop twice, like it will be in the race, but we skipped the out and back to the actual amusement park due to traffic. (And due to feeling like garbage after 93 miles!!) It was a scorcher, and we stopped 4 times at gas stations. (Not reflected in total time. Total time on the road was a little over 6 hours.)
I feel REALLY great about this (just like Amy said I would!). The course was pretty nice - once we got out of town, the roads were good, no glass, etc. The gas station people were nice. (We stopped at each one twice!)
My longest ride before this was a miserable 74 miles that took just about the same amount of time as this ride. What an improvement in a week! It helps a lot not being alone. Thanks to Steve and Kurt for sticking it out and doing the second loop.
I have to say a hamburger never tasted so good as it did today.
I want to add that I did a fair amount of drafting. Not the entire time, but a lot. But I am still 3 months out. Soon I will be able to do it without drafting and without so many gas station breaks.

Bike #1

• 23m
• 5.55 miles
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Back to the mechanic to get vehicle. Short ride, but took place RIGHT after my morning workout on my tri bike. It was interesting getting on my road bike immediately after getting off my tri bike. The seat feels higher on my road bike, but I don't think I can raise the seat on the tri bike without overdoing my already aggressive position.

Bike #2

• 3h 30m
• 53.00 miles
• 16.99 Mi/hr

Rode with JChristoff - drafted most of the time. Wow, this ride felt great. Like, 50 miles? No big deal! I was purposely taking it easy to stay ready for tomorrow. I had a little unexpected speed work in the first 30 minutes when my route to meet Justin was closed and I had to go way around and didn't have his phone number, so tried to hurry.
Garmin ran out of batteries within first 10 miles.

Swim

• 1h 35m
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OWS at quarry. Took it easy today and still wasn't last. Yay! Still beat the older guys, actually, and I was purposely taking it easy. Luckily a guy from the next group wanted to stay and swim longer, even though my friends had to get out.

Bike

• 21m 13s
• 5.55 miles
• 15.68 Mi/hr

Short ride home after dropping off a vehicle at the mechanic for the day.

Bike

• 1h 22m 12s
• 22.70 miles
• 16.57 Mi/hr

Same ride as Tuesday, but a little bit slower. (Slightly less intense crowd.) Also, it's amazing how much I learned about handling in just two rides. I was able to take the corners much better today, and even accidentally dropped the other two for a minute when I was in the lead. (I was in the lead!!!) Not sure what is up with HR there - obviously not correct.

Run

• 2h 01m 12s
• 11.31 miles
• 10m 43s /Mi

Very good easy run. My HR was legitimately low - in the 120 range. I would doubt that is correct, but I had my mouth closed and was breathing through my nose. It is very hot today, but the sun is setting so it wasn't too bad.
Discoveries: It's OK to go back to more padded, more structured shoes for a long run during a hard week of training, especially if my knees are feeling beaten up.
2) Cold water is tastier and I drink more of it, therefore I feel better.

Swim

• 51m
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Good swim. Went FAST today! Beat all the guys! (Of course, none of the collegiate swimmers showed.) Open water. I adjusted my turnover (increase) and my point of hand entry due to getting some drills in on Monday and trying to translate that to open water today. I think it helped.

Run

• 1h 01m 58s
• 5.97 miles
• 10m 22s /Mi

Did this run late in the day to escape the heat. Felt pretty good.

Bike

• 1h 21m
• 23.67 miles
• 17.53 Mi/hr

Yowzers! I was happy to get back on the back after my yucky ride Sunday, but dang!!! When I saw two other women show up for the ride, I thought I'd be safe, but Nooo-OOO. We were flying! Dang! I got dropped at the end on the way out, caught up at the turnaround, and stayed with them on the way in.

Run

• 29m 04s
• 3.39 miles
• 08m 34s /Mi

Ouch! This was too fast for me, but I tried to keep up! It was good for me! At least I was done for the rest of the day after this! Too bad I forgot my HR strap = that would have been interesting to see!

Swim

• 30m
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Needed my rest from yesterday's ride, so I slept in and just did a short swim at the Y. Some drills, some stroke, some speed.