I saw one (I created it and it immediately got lost onto page 2..3..4 whatever) Anyway, I killed it.

Aug-1
3500 Pool swim

1000s 13:18
10x100 kwf
10x100 alt fr@1:45/br@2:00 (FR 1:10~1:08, BR 1:26~1:33)
5x100 s/k cool

3.7 mile run in 32:13 244 feet climbing


Aug-2
5565 yards ocean swim in 1:05:40 - big tour of North Laguna and South Corona Del Mar. Perfect conditions, 70ish degrees and flat - no wetsuit
14.6 mile ride in 50:48 with 1528 feet of climbing


Aug-3
2593 yards ocean swim in 29:17 - just a loop around Seal Rock. Serious nasty texture and occasional big rollers. Still 70ish with hotter and cooler spots - no wetsuit
6 mile trail run in 57:22 with 650 feet of climbing - HOT and humid!

Aug-4
3593 yard ocean swim in 49:06
Then at lunch a brick: 10.4 mile ride in 34:18 (1403 feet climbing) and followed with a
0.8 mile run in 6:01 (flat run)

Aug-5
3545 yard ocean swim in 48:24 -Shaw's to Main Beach Buoy and back
then late afternoon swim meet SW Regionals LCM 1500 20:23 1st place and 5th in nation

Aug-6
Same swim meet - day 2: 400m free in 5:08 1st place and 10th in nation; 200 breaststroke in 3:09 2nd place (behind teammate Gerrard who went 2:58 and 1st in nation) I'm 4th in nation; 200 free in 2:27 (I expected a 2:24, just a bit tired) still, 1st place and 9th in nation.

Aug-7
Same swim meet final event 800m free in 10:36 (10 secs faster than I expected) 1st place and 4th in nation. Followed that with a 28.6 mile bike ride with another teammate to Irvine Lake and back 1:42 and 3280 feet of climbing

Aug-8 (so far)
5.4 mile morning run to beach and back in 47:37 787 feet climbing. Will run again at lunch time

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.

Congrats on the sweet times!

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

6.8 mi run w/ 2 x 2 mi @ 7:13, 7:03

2050 yd swim

500 swim
50 kick
5 x 100 on 1:25
50 kick
2 x [100 fast + 50 easy + 50 kick] 1:12s
200 fast 2:28
3 x 100 easy on 1:30
50 kick

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

1.75 mi run
5200 yd swim

500 w/u
50 kick
20 x 100 on 1:20
50 back
100 kick
4 x 400 on 7:00 desc 5:36, 5:28, 5:18, 5:06
2 x [100 kick + 100 back]
500 c/d

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

More ocean swimming. after a brief drop in temperature (low 60s), the ocean is recovering to a balmy 68-70 degrees.

Aug-9
Easy morning ocean swim at Shaw's Cove. 2,222 yards in 28:10, including a double Portage excursion (swim through a 15 yard shoulder-wide crack in the rocks with surges both ways from the waves.)
Noonish bike ride of 15.3 miles in 47 minutes with 2346 feet of climbing

Aug-10
A longer morning ocean swim of 3318 yards in 37:49. The usual Shaw's Cove/Seal Rock plus extra credit swimming the rocky shallows of Rockpile.
Run at noon; 6.3 miles in 56 minutes with 407 feet of climbing

Today
Another ocean swim, similar to yesterday's but pushed a bit harder - 3169 yards in 34:10. We bid good luck to three of our crew that are swimming Alcatraz this weekend (wish I was going, but I have Naples Island 3 mile swim on Sunday)
A bike/run brick at lunch: Bike - 11 miles in 40 minutes with 900 feet of climbing immediately followed with a 1.4 mile run in 10:47 with a whopping 68 feet of climbing.
Might have a evening ocean swim, if others can get their act together.

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5 mile run (82 degrees/90% Humidity @ 4:30 AM in Louisiana)

2500 yd swim at lunch

4X100 free, easy
4X50 breast
4X50 back
4X50 (25 back, 25 breast)

6X100 back on 1:40, coming in about 1:27
8X100 free on 1:30, coming in about 1:20

100 c/d

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"As for "xxxxxx"...what can I say? You sound like a dick. If you don't want to answer the question, just shut up." AllezPappa

Half,
You doing Tiki this year? I presume so... It is a possible in my schedule (which doesn't usually happen).... Would you fly into John Wayne (SNA) or San Diego? (But... I could visit a buddy in Laguna Niguel on the way down if I go to SNA). Anyways... Just wondering...

...Now, let's get back to that taper for Nationals.

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: beating you to T1 for over a decade, and working on beating you to T2...

San Diego is closer, but not by much - 15 minutes, but traffic can upset that. I'll be there. I need another tiki! It'd be great if you could make it. Drag Tigerchik out here, too!
I won't be doing Nationals. Just prefer the local meets and messing about in the ocean.

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I had a fun little swim (1331 yards) in the ocean last night. We swam through rock cracks, into caves and someone found an underwater arch to swim through, but I missed that one. Followed up with a gropup dinner at a Thai restaurant where I also had a Mai Thai!

This morning, back at Shaw's cover before sunrise, I took lead and we went through the Portage at high tide - not recommended because the surf will push you up onto the barely submerged rocks we normally swim beneath. It was a challenge and fun. Then, up to Seal Rock where we swam the crack, there, both directions. On the return, another Portage swim. Some of us met up for breakfast where I had blueberry pancakes.
3745 yards in 40 minutes.

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.

you have quite the little playground out there.

5.4 mi easy run, 3650 yd swim

5 x 100 on 1:30, extra :30 after the last one
200 fast 2:27
4 x 100 on 1:30
100 kick
10 x 100 fast on 2:00; 1:10 high, 1:11, 1:11, 1:12, 1:12, 1:11, 1:11, 1:12, 1:10, 1:11, 1:11
50 swim
100 kick
2 x 100 IM
200 IM
2 x [400 swim + 50 kick] 5:21, 5:11

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

It is. If you could find the time (Tiki Swim?) I'll host you and get you to some group swims out of Shaw's and such. (You're faster than most everybody there [except me :)])
BTW: those are some nice 100 repeats... maybe you are faster than me!!

Aug 14
About a 1000 yard warm-up swim in Los Alamitos Bay, for the Naples Island 3-mile swim.
Wasn't quite 3 miles. I got 4969 yards on my Suunto and finished that in just under 1:04, or about a 1:17/100 pace. I won my age group and placed 7th overall. Within 500 yards of the start, I bridged up to the group of 7 and stayed in their bubbles. One guy dropped out after about a mile and I thought this woman was going to, too. But, she hung in there and I didn't. I started falling off pace about 2/3 through it - a place where the water was warmer, like 75 rather than 70ish at the start/finish. By the end, they pulled 2 minutes on me and I had nobody behind me that I could see. 1, 2 and 3 all had the same times (used chip timing). 4, 5 and 6 were within 5 seconds of the leaders. I would have loved to see that finish! My buddy, 54 year old Bryan Buck, got second. He's still an active lifeguard.

Today
I didn't swim. My shoulders are pretty tired from yesterday's race. However, I did get a little 4.5 mile run in the morning and a 13 mile bike ride at lunch - where it just got over 100 degrees. Kind of dug that, though!

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I'll make it out sometime. I am still a grad student!

12 mi run last 6.33 mi @ 7:53 pace
800 yd swim to cool down

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

OOOOO! The water temp dropped down to 65. I didn't wear a wetsuit and got a bit chilled for our 2178 yard trip from Shaw's to Seal Rock and back. I couldn't stay and tread water while waiting for the regroup, and swam back hard just to stay warm.
At 11:30 I got a run in, half road and half trail with one good hill - 4 miles in 37:50. Heatwave subsiding (hah) down to 95 degrees!

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8 mi run, 1600 yd swim. felt really stiff in the pool

500 w/u 6:57
50 kick
2 x [100 fast + 100 easy] 1:12s
50 kick
200 fast 2:29
100 easy swim
50 kick
200 fast 2:28
50 back c/d

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

I donated blood at 5:30 pm yesterday and felt a little tired this morning. 2.15 mile run, 3350 yd swim.

3 x 500 on 7:30 (7:01, 6:41, 6:26)
50 swim
50 kick
100 fast 1:13
100 easy
200 fast 2:29
75 easy swim
25 kick
3 x [300 fast + 25 easy swim + 75 kick] 3:46, 3:50, 3:50
100 backstroke c/d

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

My training this year has been off in comparison to recent years. Lots has to do with the arrival of 140tribaby in February.

But, I decided to try the USMS 10k postal swim in the 50m pool. I was about 11+ mins off last year's time, but I'm okay with it.

2:28:04. It's like doing 100 x 100 @ 1:30, holding 1:28. I'll take it, and put together a better year next year. After a 3m OWS in September, I'll shift a bit to the fall run series in town, to include a 5k put on by my wife's school, the 5k Oktoberfest race (the trophy is a 1l plastic beer stein and one fill up), a 4m pub run (drink 12oz Guinness at each stop), and a 15k. I did the 15k in 63 last year, which is completely overachieving for this early 40s lifelong swimmer who has a touch of muffin top and skinny swimmer legs. I surprised at least a few former college track runners-turned triathletes last year, when I ran past at 13-15k.

I used to donate a lot... and then I started racing more and it's never fit into my schedule. I'd like to do it some more, somehow.

Aug 17
A Shaw's Cove morning of 2766 yards in 33:18. Then, at lunch a quick brick - 4.8 mile bike in 15:41 followed by a 1.5 mile run in 11:26

Aug 18
Shaw's again - 2243 yards in 25:32 and that's all I did.

Aug 19
Another Shaw's - 2587 in 31:10 and nothing else - Took a friend down to San Diego to DeSoto Sports so she could get a T1 wetsuit (and loves it) In fact I have her two prior suits that I will be posting in classifieds tomorrow (I think) - in case you (any of you) know a woman looking for one.

Aug 20
A short 1.5 mile run in 12:55 to prep for the Don Burns 1 mile madhouse, body bashing, surf crashing, cold water swim.
The swim race: I won my division, placed 20th overall in 19:40. My GPS clocked 1653 yards. Not a mile, but a great time for me for a pool mile! We haqd some pretty big surf and about 66 degree water - no wetsuit.
Post race run - 5 miles in 39:48

Aug 21
Shaw's once more - 2834 yards in 34:16. Then spent the rest of the day major house cleaning (ant problem).

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Proud member of FISHTWITCH: doing a bit more than fish exercise now.

Local pool is closed for cleaning this week, but I am at a university campus today and tomorrow. Today 8.1 mi run w/ 3 x 1 mi @ half marathon pace; 19.6 mi bike; 1000 yd swim.

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

Are you training for anything in particular? Just curious.

Aug 22
Pool Swim 4000 yards

10x100@1:30 1:15~1:08
10x100 kwf alt strokes
5x200 alt pull/free
2x200IM w/fins
4x50br@1:09
4x100 s/k cool

Run 6.3 miles in 59 minutes 727 feet climbing


Aug 23
Open Water Swim @ Shaw's Cove 2425 yards 26 minutes - water getting cold at 65 deg no wetsuit
Bike ride 14.5 miles in 45:44 1487 feet climbing


Aug 24
Open Water Swim @ Shaw's Cove 3037 yards 34 minutes (no climbing)
Run 5.5 miles in 45 minutes a whopping 268 feet of climbing

I'm looking into the feasibility of getting to Fiji for a 10k swim in October. Ok, more than just the 10k swim... a little sightseeing, some partying, some spa.. etc. But I've been wanting to do a 10k swim again. I'm much better prepared than last time.

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A half marathon this Sunday, and a sprint tri on Sept. 11. Probably other road races when I arrive in Oregon in the fall, but right now that's what I'm looking at!

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

I want to do the Bridge Swim again. It might actually work out next summer.

8.5 mi run, mostly easy with the last 5k starting at 8:34 pace and increasing
1900 yd swim

500 w/u
50 kick + 50 swim
50 kick + 100 swim
50 kick + 200 swim
50 kick + 100 swim
50 kick + 50 swim
100 fast 1:13
100 easy
200 fast 2:34
100 easy, 50 kick, 100 easy c/d

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD

MON:
2x (400swim/100kick)6 x 200 (2 on 2:55, 2 on 2:45, 2 on 2:35) 2:38,36,34,31,30, 292 x (100 on 1:20 + 200 on 2:40 + 300 on 4:00) All pull w/paddles6 x 50 fast on 60 (35,34,32,32,32,31)300ez
4000scy

WED:
400swim, 500pull, 200kick8x50 desc 1-4 on 50, kick 5-8 on 604x25 fast on 30 (no push off the wall)20x100 on 1:25 (avg 1:15 +/-)200 ez
3800scy

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Bruce
ALBOPADS XTERRAWETSUITS NEWTON OAKLEY FIZIK GARMIN ROTOR COMPUTRAINER QUARQ HONEYSTINGER

Please think of me when you consider it again. A bunch of people I now swim with were there when we did that Reader's Digest version. They'd also like to give it another try, although for some of them, 13 miles is a walk (swim?) in the park.

Did a noontime brick: 9.2 mile ride in 30 minutes followed by a 1.6 mile run in 11:41. I have two more 2-mile ocean swims, a trail half-marathon and a sprint tri (on the 11th, too) to wrap up my season.

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Certainly... but only if your friends are not females faster than I am ;-)

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
disclaimer: PhD not MD