So this past weekend I visited my in-laws in Iowa for the long holiday weekend and was able to get a decent amount of training in. On Friday I went for a ride around Clear Lake, which normally would have been 14 miles, but due to some questionable directions turned out to be over 20 (half of the extra mileage was in to some pretty severe headwinds, and three were on a gravel country road). On Saturday we headed to a Big Blue, a quarry popular with local divers. I ended up doing six trips across the quarry, which I estimate is about a fifth of a mile wide. Considering the facts this was my first open water swim since my last triathlon and I was not wearing a wetsuit, I was really pleased--my stroke felt nice and fluid and I did not have much trouble sighting (with the exception of one trip, in which I mistook my target). The workout was definitely a nice confidence booster before my first actual triathlon of the season in just over a week and a half. On Sunday I rode around the lake again at a nice leisurely pace, and today I hit the weights for the first time in a couple of weeks. I will try and get a few more quality workouts in this week, and then it will be time to begin my taper.
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