That's crap!

So, this weekend was crap for me. I did a great hard ride with Texas Iron on Thursday. After Thursday, I didn't do crap all weekend long and now I feel fat and lazy. This weekend was really, really hot and I had a lot of other stuff going on as well. I was suppose to get a couple of long workouts in and I didn't get anything done more than physical therapy. I volunteered for the Subaru Urban Assault Race which was fun, but it was hot as well.

I had a crappy training weekend so I thought that I would get a good swim in before work today. That didn't happen. I just couldn't get comfortable during the swim. My googles kept sucking in water and fogging up. It just wasn't fun so my 1.5 mile workout was cut down to 5/8 of a mile because I was having a crappy swim.

This is a good way to start off the week.

I'm an angel!

Today, I volunteered for the Danskin Triathlon which is an all-female triathlon series across the nation. I volunteered to be a "swim angel" which is someone who is out in the water with a noodle or two. If a race participant is having problems, I give them the noodle so they can rest or they can swim with it if they want to. I would much, much rather be doing this than being on the bike course or guarding the transition area. So, I was a swim angle.

Man, it was a blast, but it kicked my ass. The course was only 750m, but I ended up swimming it 3 times. The first time, I was beat. I had 4 people that I was watching and I kept swimming between them making sure that they were OK. Back and forth. Back and forth. After that lap, I went back to the start and did another lap. This time, it went much quicker and I wasn't as tired. One problem was that one of the turn buoys started to wander off so it made that leg of the swim a little longer before they captured the buoy again. The third leg was really tiring as well, but it was good. I enjoyed it.

Chris who is the husband of one of my TNT teammates was out there with me. Both of us didn't expend how hard this would be. We are both decent swimmers and are used to swimming fairly fast. We are not used to treading water for 2 and a half hours. Luckily, I wore my wetsuit so I had some buoyancy. If I got tired, I flipped on my back and stayed there for a bit. One thing I noticed though was how strong my kick is getting. It was good practicing Tarzan swimming and doing some sighting as well. It was really different being out there and not participating and encouraging others to do well. I should be much, much more calm when I race again.

So, I had a really good time today.

Also, my toenail is coming off so I will get some pictures of it soon and post those. They should be yummy.

That hurt and was a first!

I was swimming with my TNT team yesterday in the pool. I was in a lane by myself minding my own business. I felt something on the back of my head (I wasn't wearing a swim cap). It hurt worse. It got worse and worse. Now, it really freaking hurt. What the hell! I actually had to get out of the pool because it bothered me that much. Apparently, I was stung by a bee or wasp on the back of my freaking head while swimming. That sucked. Now, I have a small, itchy spot on the back of my head. Well, that's a first for me.

Shiner Bash Race Report Posted

I finally posted my race report from the Shiner Bash. Here it is:

http://erichollins.net/2005shiner_bash.php

It was a good ride and I felt good when I really pushed myself the last 20 miles or so. I will have my race report from the CapTexTri soon.