Much cooler

Hello followers, I am happy to report that I am much cooler now that a purchase of a portable air conditioner was made. My better half was getting panicky after my threat to scratch out his eyeballs (kidding).

So it's official, I completed my last triathlon before the Calgary 1/2 Ironman which is 3 weeks away! I have 2 -100k bike rides and an OWS swim coupled with some running this week-and then tapering will begin.

The Pinawa triathlon went well although the run part (usually where I feel the best) did not feel so good. It was extremely hot out, my feet were blistering as I was running with no socks through swamp grass which caused uber chafing and I was getting terrible stitches on my side. I am not sure the cause of the stitches and wonder if it had something to do with being in the aero position on the bike and my diaphragm being compressed? I also thought that I drank enough but perhaps I was dehydrating as well?

On the up side, my swim went well-I did not lose my swim cap! Love the latex and have no problem saying good riddance to the silicone! The water in which I swam was supposed to have a current-but either it was really weak, or I was totally freaked out, that I did not notice
it (likely the later). In some ways I wish that it had been a stronger current as I really did want to get the feel for that before Calgary!

So this morning my swim coach assisted me in trying to teach me the Breast Stroke. It is useful for when one panics in water, and that is the reason Mr. P was pretty insistent I learn it. I found this stroke to be very awkward and sloooooow! For me, it was like trying to tap your head and rub your tummy at the same time-complete lack of coordination and likely very laughable! But I suppose with practice I will get used to it.

So for the rest of today, I get to recover, tend to my blistered feet and of course sit in front of the air conditioner!