The economy made me forget my shorts...not my fault.

I keep saying I will post more then I get distracted. That last 2 weeks have gone well in the world of training. The good doc is helping work out this butt cramp thing that tightens up my hamstrings and IT bands. My ankle tenderness is back as well. It seems that if I ice it every night and wrap it for a few hours a day and throughout the night that it doesn’t get worse. That’s good. I kinda’ need it. It’s been 16 days since I have had any candy, beer, or cola. I have also lost 6 real pounds as well. I don’t think there’s a connection…
So I’ve been watching the Potomac River Data. Good news is that the waters up 48 degrees. We got 11 weeks to hit 60. Yes, 11 weeks. I can’t believe we are in March already. That means I’m probably swimming a lot right not. Note sure if 22k a week is a lot. Feels like it. Wednesdays are my long endurance days where I try to see how my body reacts to distance. Here are some of those workouts:

5x200 warm up. Pull/drill mix
5500 straight pace swim
300 stroke warm down

next:

500 Warm-up
60 x 100 as:
1-5 pull 1:30
6-10 swim 1:25
11-15 swim 1:20
16-20 swim 1:15
repeat 2 more times
Warm down 300

I got a break coming up. Taking a vacation to Florida. Yea, right? Well here’s the problem. I miss Friday workout as I travel That’s ok. I then miss Saturday 14 mile run as we arrive (we’re driving). No Sunday Brick. However! I did find this guy named Lucky who does an open water swim every morning in his lake. He has bunches of people that do it with him. Looks pretty cool so I e-mailed him and I’m in for about 5k. Pretty awesome. Only 10 miles from our Condo. The rest of the week is going to be a bunch of shorter runs. I’m hoping to get a 5 miler Sunday, and maybe a 10 on Thursday. Then drive back Friday, lift Saturday night, maybe bike then 15 on Sunday. With all the days off I should be able pull everything back together. I think.

Lastly, Today I come to work prepared for a 3’fer Thursday. I got up and Biked at 0425. At lunch today I had 6 tempo planned. I go to get dressed and realized I forgot my shorts. What now? Do I run to Fleet Feet and get a pair? Do I hop in the car and drive to the park and run in my boxer briefs over my under armours? (I gave this real thought, I think I have a problem) In the end I decided to save the public indecent exposure for Drunkin’ Face Bookin’, a special time I reserve for late September. AKA-the off season. Now I have to rearrange. I lose tonight’s 4k swim, bump tomorrow mornings up to 6k instead of recovery 5k an I run tonight. What a mess.

Now I’am screwed up. And I can’t even have a beer or Now and Later to decompress!

See that fish. Well they are invading the potomac. It's called a Snakehead and it looks like it sucks.