another good week

Wednesday- Left work at 1:30 or so to get ride done. There was an 80% chance of rain at 6pm. Went back to work until 8pm. Ride was fine. Not sure why I was so anxious for it. Much better than that workout on the trainer.

Thursday- Met up with my new friend Haley for the swim. She is 16, a good swimmer, but swims with an out of town team so she can travel to out of state meets. She swims on her own. I don't know how she does it. I wouldn't have been able to at her age. We did my workout, which with me chasing her around was really hard. She watched my flip turn and gave me some good tips. I would do like to swim with her at MSU once a week,  if possible. Maybe I can do her workout next time?
Run- 6:50, 7:00, 6:40. This was hard. However, the next day I felt muscle soreness not other pain. To me that is huge! My quads were sore. Soas? Near the top. Should I do some strength work for that?

Friday- Swim. It was fine. I was tired. My 100s were not awesome 1:25s or less. Rode to and from work.  Came home and got bike ready for Sat and sat on the couch.

Saturday- Race day. Race was hard. I don't care how unfit or injured Frank is. He is still going to destroy me. The first climb was fine. I tried to stay near the front in case people attacked. I find that if I am second or third wheel I can cover the attacks better. If I am farther behind I don't do as well. Once we got up on the plateau things changed. Everytime somebody attacked I thought, I can't hold on one more time. However, I did not want to get left up there.  Then on the descent I got dropped. I almost got back on but then somebody went for it again. That is probably the longest I have ever stayed with Lizzy. Sort of took my time getting back to the big climb. Felt okay up the big climb. Like I was going to puke, but at least I could ride it. Not crawl. I wish I had stayed with the group the whole time, but am feeling that every week I am improving. So, am pretty happy.
Didn't ride more. Didn't have the fortitude. Physical or mental to battle that wind alone.

Sunday
Masters- Feeling excited and really good about my swim. This is the first year for the Grizzly that I am not nervous out of my mind because of the swim. We did 4x200 descend (pulling with paddles) and I was on the lead guys toes. Could have descended that much,  much better. We did that last one on 3:10. In the 50 m pool.
Run- Ran to Story Hill. Ran hard up Story Hill. Ran back to the car. I forgot to look at my watch, but Story Hill probably takes 15-20 minutes to ride up on a bike (you rode up that with me once). So probably a little longer to run. Near the top, on my bike and now running, I usually lose a lot of steam. Kept pushing. So dorky, but told myself "this is where the magic happens." Ha ha.  I think this was a great hill to prep for St. George. Next time I am going to drive closer and do Story Hill and then the dump road. Feel like I am feeling stronger every week.

Monday- I made a new friend. Lizzy and I are going to ride tonight. I think she will be a good riding friend. Someone to push me. Plus, I need some new friends in general. Decided my sister is never going to like me very much so need to find a new sister. (Sorry for that little vent)

Schedule- Heading over to Missoula on Friday after work. My cousin's house is full so booked a room at the Campus Inn. Reminds me of my soccer days. We always stayed there. Good karma. Also, can walk to race and Erik can do what he wants.  Will come home on Saturday after race. I am sort of liking my Bozeman training right now (ie back to those hills for a run?). Want to keep it consistent. Also, have family staying at our house. 50 m pool is closed on Sunday, so no Masters. MSU should be open.
       - Not anything huge at work. Lots of open ended experiments I need to figure out.