Arsenal of Assault
Thank God for disc brakes!
The perfect calm
Warming up
Man I love OW swimming. Nothing beats it! The girls I was with told me the point we swam to was almost 1/2 mile. I'm a bad judge of water distance so I guess I'll take it for what it's worth, but I don't know exactly. It took us just over 13 minutes to get to the turnaround (~.5miles). I totally underestimated how much my swimming has improved since my last OWS because I was pretty far ahead of the group and even stopped to wait for them because I wasn't sure exactly where the turnaround was. Totally smooth, totally strong. It was awesome. On the way back, I waited for a gal who was really behind because the boats were starting to trickle in the lake and there's safety in numbers. Overall it was pretty sweet. I did however get a couple of calf cramps on the way in. What's up with that? I should have drank some electrolytes that morning. The bike ride back was a little rough, but you just can't complain about such an awesome way to spend the morning.
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*Last night's workout:
w/up
plyos
circuit w/.20m jog (2x15 pushups, 2x15 tricep dips, 2 x 10 single-leg hamstring bridge, 1x20 squat)
4 x hill - emphasis on consistent times
1st hill: 1:42/183 bpm
2nd hill: 1:39/184 bpm
3rd hill: 1:41/182 bpm
4th hill: 1:39/183 bpm
Totals: 5.38 miles
Tomorrows Workout: 10 miles easy
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Happy 4th Everybody!! This is my favorite holiday of the year. I love this country and I love my freedom!! LIFE IS GOOD! Be safe and take lots of pictures to post.
12 comments:
That water looks so inviting, makes me want to dive in. Have a great weekend!
Your pics are georgeous :)
And way to go with your speedy swimming!
Awesome job on the hill workout and OW swim! That's so neat that you have a group to swim with! Have a Happy 4TH!!
Tri, tri, tri...OWS, a bike, c'mon, you're made for this stuff. OWS rocks!
Go you!! Awesome hill workout, hilly bike ride, and OWS. You're a very strong swimmer.
I love the 4th too! I am taking plenty of pics too which I will post on Sunday. Happy Independence day!! :)
That's beautiful! Maybe I would like swimming too if I lived there.
Awesome workouts! The swim is v fast. .5m in 13 min, I am impressed! Ana-Maria
Very impressed with your swim time! That's awesome!!!
Fantastic workouts! Hope the 10 miler went well and you had a great weekend!
I'm totally wishing I had a lake like that near me - sounds like your OW swim was awesome!
Awesome!!!!! Haha, yes Holy Hills land can make for great leg burn.
I wish I had a group to go OWS with, I'm going to try to round up the PDX troops and see if I can get a crowd.
Open water swimming terrifies the living shit out of me! If I had a lake that looks as beautiful & calm as that, I might change my mind. Just tell me there's no other living creatures in there that'll brush up against me.
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