S: Only the second lake swim of the summer. Cruised dock to dock in something like 10 flat and 9:47 (pr 8:45). Stroke feels improved, but times still don’t reflect it. Nearly got wrapped up in a fishing line on the way in. Also saw a large fish right next to the line, didn’t have the heart to tell the fisherman. Friday’s swim cut short by poor early morning time management. Spent a bit of Sunday afternoon in the lake with the daughters, one who had a birthday. Synchro daughter taught us some moves. Turns out I have mad synchro skills. Wish I had pics, or even better, video. But then again, if you saw my routine, you’d be too intimidated to give it a shot yourself.

C: Put ice-cubes in my lycra shorts M night (not really) and did a short ride that turned out to be my RAMROD tune-up. Wussed out T night due to triple digit temps. See “RAMROD Blues 2” and  “Five Keys to Long Distance Success” for the details of R’s ride around Mount Rainier. Interestingly, I recovered fairly fast from RAMROD. Felt decent on Sunday with Dano who is going to be a strong cyclist. Record week. In my RAMROD posts I forgot to share one last tip, post race nutrition, two chocolate dipped ice cream cones from the arches. Set cone two in a cup holder and then inhale the first one before the second melts too much. 

R: The boys were impressed with my post RAMROD 10-miler on SA, but I enjoyed a 36 hour transition. Everything’s relative. Lance and other Ironstuds take 5-7 minutes before running marathons. They don’t draft either.