Raging Waters

Michelle's brother Johnny is staying with us for a week, so we get to do fun teenaged Bay Area things. I missed out on the classic arcade expo (aka. CALIFORNIA EXTREME 2005) on Saturday, but I did get to join up for a fun day at Raging Waters. Now my only question is, can I count the day at Raging Waters as a swim workout? All those lines and stairs have to be good for something, right? If not, Sunday was a fairly lazy day. But honestly, I think I needed a lazy day after Saturday's craziness. After biking 60 miles with the team folks, I attempted a bit of a run, about 4 miles up and down some steep rollers, and it was the hardest activity yet. In fact, it ranks up there in the top ten lifetime tough days, just behind the day I went Up and Down and then back Up again at Mt. Whitney, and just ahead of the bright-idea-cross-country-ski-dead-of-winter-twenty-below-zero-backpacking-trip-at-Lassen with Rich Briggs. Then I got to ride my bike home, for another 10 miles. For the real triathlon, I'll have to ease up a bit on the cycling portion, maybe, to leave energy and enthusiasm for running. Actually, the energy levels were fine, but my legs felt like peanut butter. What to do? In about a month I'll have to bike 56 miles and then run another 13. Ouch. Just have to hope for the best, and keep on doing the training stuff.

Late Sunday weekly totals: 3500 yards swim (light!), 134 miles bike, 12 miles run (light!). Not too bad, considering we've had company of various sorts - and all the out-eating airport-driving that implies - since Wednesday morning. I should jump on the bike right about now . . .