a sunday swim and some other stuff

Went to swimming today. Not much to report. One of the young gals from the local speed swimming club was there and apparently went to the Olympic trials this year. Holy smokes was she fast!! And I am not sure she was even trying...didn't look like it.

Last summer I met a young guy when I was in Toronto at one of the investment firms we work with. He was a real up and comer, smart, worked hard. If I needed anything from the firm, he was the one I would call. Anyway, I had told him last year about my triathlon goals and we had a good talk about it and I found his business card last week again when I was cleaning up my office with a note on the back "Nice meeting you!! Best of luck with your triathlons!" About 6 weeks ago, he and his buddy were shot and killed in Toronto, apparently by a random shooter. He was 25 years old. No one has been arrested.

I have been thinking about this for the last several days. The Universe talking to me again!! I was feeling a bit lost and not sure what I should do then I find his card again, and it just made me think about how lucky I am to be doing things I want to do. And it reminded me not to hesitate and just do those things now. Right here. Right now.

Now I carry that business card in my wallet now and everytime I open my wallet, it is just a bit of a reminder.

got that ride in

What a beautiful morning here on the prairies! Went out on the yellow cervelo for 90 minutes today. Felt pretty good. Lots of cyclists out there today on the Casino road which is different as there is usually nobody out there. Was good to see. This was the weekend Justin had said I should enter in a 40 km time trial. Asked around and just concluded that I could not comfortably show up at something like that and be among real cyclists and say "Let's race!!" Ha Ha!! So I did my own little version this morning. Ended up doing 40km in 1:21.13. It is what it is and something to improve on!! My legs feel it right now...but it felt really good and i am really starting to feel like I belong on that bike...don't know if that makes sense, but I guess another word would be "confident".

i forgot to add...

Thanks to Julie for that bike tire tip...I fixed it last night!! All by myself. Sounds goofy but I don't really do well with things that have too many moving parts...but I did it.

really good swim...

Okay...so I am on a roll. Today was supposed to be a rest day but I woke up at my usual 5:00am and puttered around the house a bit and was super restless. I have not yet made peace with running so went for a swim. One of the super fast guys was there today and I jumped in with him and holy cow...I was gasping for air!! At the end of it, I took a deep breath and said as casually as I could "So...have any holiday plans for the rest of the summer..?" Little did he know, I was hurting! The main set was 6x100 meters with 15 seconds rest. I just hung onto John's feet and paid no attention to the clock. When we were done I said "John...what the hell were you doing those on?" John says "I was trying to hold 1:20s." NO WONDER I COULDN'T BREATHE!!! But it felt really good. John and I swam together as kids and when I do a swim workout with him I wonder how many meters we have put in over our life times. I remember one time on a bus trip to a swim meet, he and his buddy had beer cans at the back of the bus. They were pretending to drink beer but it was really coke. What you think is funny when you are 12 years old is sometimes a bit ridiculous as a grown up!!

Going to jump on my bike for a couple of hours tomorrow. Then a run on Sunday. Then off to the lake for the majority of the week. Just me and the kids...wish me luck...I have begged my mom to come up as I do love my children dearly but spending all day every day with them, when there are no other adults around, is a real test for me!!

really good bike ride...

Holy...I needed that this morning!! Up and at er at 5:00am. I feel my old self creeping back. I was so excited yesterday after talking to JP about Arizona! Jumped on my bike this morning and pedalled like I stole it. It was a beautiful day and it was a bit cool but once I got going, it was just right. Did all my intervals and felt really good. Got home and noticed my front tire was a bit flat. I don't know what to make of that dang tire. I am always putting air into it. And the pump I have, I am not convinced it works real well. Time for a shopping trip to the bike store. JP's advice, which frankly has been everyone else's advice as well but I didn't want to hear it, is to stay on that bike until the very last moment this fall before the snow flies. That will help things SO MUCH for next year.
Next up is a run tomorrow another bike ride Saturday and possibly a swim on Sunday. Kind of depends on how the weekend goes. Off to the lake next week with the munchkins. Really looking forward to getting out of town.