And one week goes really fast.

The week:

Friday- Lunch swim at the 50 m pool. Feel grateful that I can swim at MSU when it is open and developed some patience and stabilizing skills because lunch swim is in a 50m, 7 lane pool with no lane lines. :) Rode my bike to work, rode to the pool, and took the long way home. It felt so nice to not get on the rollers or the trainer.

Saturday- Good swim. Hard swim. The one minute 50's were tough. Also had a decent run. I went on a trail and it was much snowier than I had anticipated. I saw a moose. It is challenging to run downhill on snow. I think that trail will be last day of camp run. It is kind of steep but not super steep and has amazing views.

Sunday- Time change made this a bit more challenging however Erik and I rallied. How can one pass up a group ride with a group that stops at the donut shop on the way out of town. This ride was a little long. We left at 10 and got home at 5. There was some stopping and bike walking because we chose to take a road that was too muddy and ended up turning around. We also ate lunch in Manhattan. I was worked though. Felt very out of shape and had the thought more than once that if the Speedwagon does happen, I am way too out of shape.

Spent the evening at Fairmont. It was fun. Spent some good quality time together. I won't get into the stories of that trip.

Monday- Guess what? I was so tired. In addition to that long ride, I don't feel completely healthy. My asthma is acting up. I think it is the spring air. Lot's of coughing and sometimes hard to get in a good breath. Also, those antibiotics, I swear are giving me chapped lips that won't go away. Chapped lips combined with a dripping nose does not feel good.  Anyway, I rallied, and had a good ride. Climbed some good big hills. Went home and ate something and watched the cat hang out in the field across from our house (then almost get hit by a car) and then went to swimming. This is where it all caught up with me. My body did not want to go FAST. I did all the 200s except for the FAST 200s. Those I did slow. Did this at Masters and took advantage of the new coach on deck and got some pointers on my stroke. At least the the workout wasn't a total bust. I think I was only a couple hundred short of the total yardage.

Tuesday- Went to PT to get a group of exercises and stretches to keep me maintained. Good stuff and not too much. Lots of core, hip, glute, and hamstring stabilizing/strength stuff. Most of it I was already doing. Also a few shoulder things.
Run- Great run. Had an episode at work that required some heavy thinking, so the run was great. Didn't push the strides really hard. Just kept a good cadence and good form. Did my hamstring exercise halfway though and it felt much better.

Comments/questions
This week blew by. I feel like I haven't had much time to think about anything but just getting it done. I can tell you about our mystery knockout mouse though, or running CS and T on the Fortessa.

I am good with my choice to not go on Spring Break. It is beautiful here. I was running in a t-shirt today.

Speedwagon- March 28th.

Schedule- We are in Bozeman this weekend. Nothing planned. Nothing huge at work next week either. I have some smaller experiments that I am doing and those just take a couple of hours. Not long or stressful.