Improvements

Bike - 2:00:00
Swim - 3500 meters

Yesterday, I took the normal route around the city and out the Marjane road. The handful of times I have done this route, I normally make it to the larger roundabout at 1:15:00. One time, I actually made it in 1:12:30, but I think it's cuz I didn't do my beginning warm-up lap. But yesterday was a little different. I felt better on the bike, I climbed the hills a little easier and I made it to that same spot in 1:08:30. It's not a race-winning speed, but it is a little bit of an improvement for me. Little by little I will be aiming to knock off some of my time.

At the same time, this morning was my longer swim day. I went into it planning on hitting 3500 meters, and I got out of the pool at about the 1:20:00 mark having completed the 3500 meters. The more encouraging part in the whole thing was that I did it without my flotation device, the amazing wetsuit. In it, I really do feel like a torpedo. But I trudged my way through the whole thing today, taking some 10-second breaks every 1000 meters.

And then that 1.5 hour nap that I just awoke from...INCREDIBLE