Time for a new Speedo?

Well, I went to the pool for a quick swim workout over lunch. I was in a hurry, so I almost did not notice that I could see daylight through the crotch of my trainer shorts. A closer look showed the seam in bottom of my shorts had given way and there was now a 4 inch hole in my trainers. As I hate to miss a workout, my first knee jerk reaction was "ah fuck it, no one will notice". Then common sense settled in and I knew my swimming workout was shot....so I opted to grab an extra pair of running shorts and a t-shirt in my car and got a good weight lifting session in. But as I was walking out to the weight room a sudden revelation came over me.....how long had the hole in my trunks really been there? I usually swim early in the morning and am usually really groggy when getting dressed and shuffling out to the pool. There have honestly been mornings where I double check myself to make sure I even have my trunks on just before exiting the locker room to the pool (so far I've never totally forgotten the trunks). Could the hole have slipped by me during previous swim workouts? The previous day I shared a lane with a water jogger as old as Moses and he spent an aweful lot of time hanging out at the wall just standing there (probably laughing his ass off)......were my boys hanging out during every freaking flip turn (awwwkward)?!?!?! I try to tell myself that the hole wasn't there before or even that the hole wasn't nearly that big and wouldn't have been noticed by anyone during previous workouts. Moral of this story is simple, don't be a cheap ass, buy new trainer shorts before your balls fall out of them! Here endeth the lesson. Big race this weekend in Rochester. Feeling pretty good, but will defintely need a great effort to finish respectably in the deep men's elite field. Good night ya' all!

Smooth Sailing!

Well, I finally got some time to blog as this is a scheduled recovery week. Everything is feeling pretty good right now after finishing off this past week with a super-brick on Saturday and a 16 mile run on Sunday:

Super Brick Workout-

30 minute warm-up

1. 8.5 mile on bike at race pace (25 mph average)
2. Immediately rack bike and transition to running shoes
3. Head out on trail for 2 mile running interval (5:40 / mile pace)
4. Rest 8 minutes and repeat 2 more times!
Great race specific workout!

Looking forward to the first triathlon of the year this Sunday. The water temp is 59F as of yesterday, so not looking forward to having blue balls........but still a great chance to get out and drop the hammer for a couple hours!!