Day 28 - T-minus 4 weeks.

Blog fans! Wow, my apologies for not staying on top of the postings. Granted, there's only so much I can say (I swam, I biked, I ran, etc.) Still, I'll continue to race day.

This week was pretty good. I made it back into the lake on Monday night for a swim with my mentor (see previous post), and repeated the experience on a much warmer day on Friday. This time, I went solo, though there were tons of people down at Seward Park enjoying the break from the 90 degree weather, as well as a host of open-water swimmers doing their thing. I don't know if the two things are related, but the waters were much more, how do you say, plant-laden, which meant a few incidents of getting some lake weed in the face.

I'm planning on doing a few more of these swims. It's harder than I thought, so I haven't actually done the full distance without stopping at the buoy and treading water for a minute before heading back. I'd like to do the full-stretch without stop before race day.

In the biking category, I went for a long, albeit leisurely, trek through Skagit Valley yesterday with Jen & Kate sampling berries and dairy along the way. Good fun! I do need to get back on the road for a true test of time and distance. Today would have been a good day (Bicycle Sunday) but alas, I didn't make it. Also, while we were at the park on Friday, there was a bad car-bicycle accident, which freaks me out a little bit. I may just stick to Bicycle Sunday.

As far as running, I did wake up early Friday and did 3 miles, but it was not a good run. Don't know why. I'll try again.

4 weeks and counting! The plan is to workout every morning this week, plus my soccer team debut Monday night, and a trip to REI on Tuesday to buy more gear. Necessity.

Keeping you posted!