3/29/11-4/5/11

Followed the training for the week. Didn't spin on Wed. after swimming, basically because I forgot, but had a good swim workout consisting of lots of dolphin kick for core, wall pushups, and wall squats. Stayed longer than 1 hour. Was very sore the next day. Rode on Thursday inside since I was still coughing a little. Swam on Friday and accidently skipped the core. Work was busy and we got in the car to head up to the Flathead. Sat. Race was shortened a little because of the muddy weather, but leave it to Matt Seeley to make us go over the one hill 3x. Stayed with the pack to the headwind muddy section. Caught a few wheels and powered through it. Ended up riding with Eli from Missoula. Helped each other in the windy sections and got pulled by some big dude for a while. Felt good because I had the extra umph to catch back on a wheel if I lost it. Usually this doesn't happen and I end up riding alone. The wind was strong and I didn't want to be alone. Eli was great. Learned a lot about racing just riding with him. About half way through the last lap started to feel I was bonking. Sucked down everything I had but didn't make it to the finish. About 3 miles from the end it was all I could do to still pedal. Finished the race though and won!!! Felt soo much better than when raced it last year. Time was 2:50. Sun. 1hour run. Started out slow but ended up doing some hills and finished pretty strong. Swim- the swim was pretty pathetic. My back was sooo sore from Sat. and it hurt to swim. Did the workout and got out. Monday Masters swim. Shelly was on top of it tonight and had her stopwatches going. Got in lots of 100's and 75's. Legs were dead and kicking was hard. Felt better than swimming on Sunday. Tuesday Big day at work. Might have to do the run and the ride after work. Can probably leave at 4 if I get in a 8. Ride in Yellowstone might happen next week instead of this weekend. The weather isn't looking good. I can take a day off though and if I need feel okay about taking some days off for other big training days. I think if I work it around big work days it will be fine with my boss.