Week six started off smashing...
What surprises me the most is how quickly my body has adapted to the training. I know it was brutal in the beginning, yet as time goes on, I remember less. Hence, writing the blog allows me to read about those early days and how I really felt.
My fitness has definitely improved in these past five weeks. Yes, I've lost 7 lbs in the first month, and I'm sticking to the training program. I'm not fast, but I'm doing it. After each training session, I start feeling more and more like an age-group athlete.
I'm still following the diet program, but today, it wasn't easy. The issue was not motivation or willpower; it was an accident. I was slicing tomatoes and onions for my tomato and onion sandwich when the plate fell and broke into pieces all over the floor.
It's Corning plates, and I thought they weren't supposed to break. Turns out they do. The challenge was that other than the tomatoes and onions on that plate that fell and are now on the floor with pieces of the plate all over them, I had no more tomatoes or onions to cut, and I was really looking forward to that sandwich.
There was only one alternative: clean the floor, pick up the tomato slices and onions, wash off the plate pieces, and put them back on the toasted bread. I had no choice but to do that or go with toast, so I did the cleanup and wash-off. Thankfully, I did a good job; I didn't feel any shards of plate go down my throat.
I only had a swim training session today, but it wasn't easy. It was a threshold session—basically a time trial in the pool. I dreaded it, but I did it anyway because I knew it was the only thing that would help me get faster.
There was one upside. It would be over in less than an hour, and it wasn't due to the swim being cut short. The least amount of time I spend in the pool I relish.
As hard as I go, it looks like, at my best, I'm doing about 2:05 per 100 yards. That's so slow to my old days, I think on a bad day I was doing 1:44 per 100 meters all day long. I do think I even got it down to 1:25 per 100 meters. I did one time 6 km and averaged a 1:44 or less pace for the entire time. It was in an outdoor pool in Los Angeles. It was one of my best swims, and I was in the best shape of my life.
My evening was spent looking for a new bike. It's wild in that the bikes I was most interested in, the Canyon and Cervelo, are sold out. I was looking at a Quintana Roo, but it's in US dollars, and there are customs, duties, and all that stuff to ship to Canada.
The decision is easy. I'm going to go with the Canyon Bike. It seems they have great reviews and the best bang for the buck. I don't want to spend it, but it looks like it's going to end up being $9,000 plus tax. The only thing is they don't have any available until September to October, and once they are ready, it's on a first-come, first-served basis.
There were many sizing issues, and I was just sure of the size of my current bike today. I sent the serial code to Cervelo because there was no sticker with the size on my bike, and they got back to me that I'm a 54. Quintana Roo says I'm a 54, and so does Canyon, but they call it a medium. They all say I could be a 56 as I'm in the middle based on my height.
Would the 56 be more comfortable and not so crunched up, especially as I've gained stomach weight? It would be great to try each of the sizes to compare, but none of the bike shops in the area have tri-bikes. They are all sold out and hard to get.
Swim - 51:56 - 1600 meters.
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