tam tri trainin' M-Th

Well, sort of. Not much to report from Monday and Tuesday except my EXCUSES...
Monday: My bike was useless with broken spoke, and I had far too much work to do anyway, so no training.
Tuesday: I took some time out to go to the pool, but the pool was closed. AGAIN. Todd went to swim at Mahukona, and I worked.
Wednesday: I finally got back into it! Ran from Richardson Ocean Park to Banyan Drive + a bit of running on Banyan Drive itself, which is nice and shady and cool. 1:15 total, about 7.5 miles. Spent 30 minutes around low z4 as our workout required, and it felt pretty good. Hot, but not as bad as Puako. Was almost bowled over by the smell of cooking noni at the noni extract factory, but managed not to puke. My leg ached a bit for part of the run, but wasn't bad at all.
Thursday: Morning ride to Mahukona and back, about 19 miles. Brutal headwind and gusts on the way back up, so the ride took a bit longer than it usually does, about 1:10 or so. Did 30 minutes at low z4, which was easy enough to attain biking uphill into a headwind. I feel like I have typed this before.
Later today it was time for a "master's swim", but GUESS WHAT?! The pool was closed, this time "lifeguard ill". Likely story. Off to Mahukona again... we sure are getting a lot of open water practice! We were kind of annoyed because it is really time for some serious interval and speed work which is much harder to do when you're in the ocean what with waves and surge and chop and wind and stuff, but at least we got to swim. I did my best, swimming regular speed about 20 minutes and then doing 4 3 minute intervals of higher intensity with about 1-2 minute recovery swimming in between. Intervals were hard, but I'm really glad I was able to focus enough to get them in. Ended up swimming about 50 minutes total.
Tomorrow: long run!