126 dayz 2 go

that's it. 4 months left to go? that's it? my god, is that enuff time? oh well, i can't travel back in time, all i can do is sit back, and let my training do it's thingie.
this past week was another great one. it was supposed to be a recovery week - why do all my training weeks seem like recovery weeks - but i felt good before and after every training day. there's a couple thins i would have liked to have done, maybe another after bike ride/spin t-run, and another swim, but all in all, an okay week.
this weekend seems to be a big hurdle to over come. i needed a good solid 3 hour ride. well, a few things worked against that, the biggest time suck was this spring allergy thing. where the hell does this stuff come from. after a strong swim last nite, and dinner with my tri friends..i suffered through a tough nite with really no sleep as i wheezed my way through. i just could not breath, and even rite now that seems to be a challenge. so that lead to the start of the day, 2 wickedly tired to get out for an early slow run, and then i looked outside. snow! give me a friggin' break. it's april, almost may, and there was snow on the ground!..so there goes a good morning 3 hour ride. ...instead i managed a 90 minute bike trainer spin, and that was it for 2day. i know, i know, some folks can manage 3 + hours on a trainer. well not this geek...i need fresh air in my face to get that kind of time in on the bike...spinervals, okay i can manage some of that stuff, rollers for a bit, but 2 to 3 hours on a bike is insane....and again, it's almost may!
i'm gonna stuff myself full of some antihistamines tomorrow morning to try and pull a 80+ minute run in tomorrow..it'll be a miracle if i pull that off, but i'll see how it goes.
that'll cap off a great week, that got off after a week start...but after sleeping through last weekend, i managed a couple of great runs, a couple of good spins in the pool, and a good ride out of st albert, so that's all good...and it is all good.
tuesday's outdoor spin is a case in point. it wasn't the nicest day. it was windy, it looked like rain, it wasn't all that warm, but as soon as i got on my cannondale and rolled down the driveway, everything felt good, and when i headed down the villinueve hwy i felt great, and it all felt so easy, and the bike felt so lite, and the fit so good. it was just a 20 mile ride, but wow.
and last nite's swim ruled too. it's no secret that i luv swimming, but last nite just felt so good, with a few hickups....as usual, the 1st 800 meters felt hard, but the more i did, the stringer and faster i felt. i seemed to be swimming a bit odd, i seemed to struggle to stay in a straight line..maybe a sign of an injury or something, but after 3600 meters, i felt great.
but then again, after that i had to deal with a ruff sleep.....will have to see how the body deals with that over the rest of the wqeek...but 126 days 2 go...and counting