Today was a great workout. Al K and I swam an open water mile in the Great South Bay to start our work. The bay was like glass with little or no boat traffic. We focused solely on good stroke work and on tri technique in the open water: holding a good line with limited visuals, staying in good body position, being as efficient as possible. The swim was great with mission accomplished on technique work. The only issue we had was that we discovered some damage to Al K's wetsuit. Al K pulled an "8th mile" move last time he used the suit. (8th mile move: Al K seems to go soft in the skull after 8 miles. He'll run just fine but he seems to lose mental capacity rather than physical. He'll get lost, speak incoherently, run into things when he crosses the 8 mile mark.) Seems Al K stuffed his wetsuit in his tri bag with his bike shoes after the last tri. Bad move. The neoprene now has 5 or 6 nicks in it from the cleats. None have gone through yet, but Al has a bunch of patch work to do. FUCK!
After the water, we headed out for a 6 mile run on the flat and fast Bayport/Bluepoint streets. Al K's mile markers were a bit off, but we had a good run. Nice and easy at 8:30s. The humidity was annoying but, in all, it was good day.
Sunday, I'm going to do a sprint tri in the ocean and along the Jersey shore--1 K SWIM, 19 MILE BIKE, 5 MILE RUN--with the Sandy Hookers Tri Club. The course is not very challenging EXCEPT FOR THE SWIM. Ocean swims are very unpredictable. Wave action, weather, visibility, and tide can make a short swim seem epic. Lake, bay, pool swims are, quite frankly, nothing compared to an ocean swim. I won't call this a race as it is really a buinch of clubbers getting together to pound out some tough brick work. everyone keeps his/her own splits etc. COOL! Great workout and practive for my upcoming Olympic at the end of July.
The only other news to report is that the Cervelo is back in tip top shape. After my first couple of hundred miles on it, I've noticed an increasing creak in the bottom bracket. Thanks to the advice of Solo, I didn't ignore it. After an adjustment and some lube, she's good as new. Got my new tri shoes too. Sunday will be fun!!!
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