July in Numbers

Swim: 18,437 yards, 5 hours and 32 minutes

Bike: 529 miles, 31 hours and 47 minutes

Run: 126 miles, 18 hours and 51 minutes

Total: 56 hours and 10 minutes

July was a big month! My biking and running was right on track - even a little bit of extra biking for good measure. Swimming...hmm...not so much. Swimming is always the first workout I am willing to skip, and unfortunately, it has not gone well the past few weeks and I'm kind of freaking out. I planned to focus on getting in all three workouts every week these last 5 weeks and I have barely managed two per week and one of the two is usually shorter than it should be due to various reasons - lack of time before the pool closes and a couple times I haven't eaten enough before hand and have gotten really light headed and had to stop. Today I went to swim while on vacation and the YMCA by the lake was closed due to a power outage! AGHH! The swim gods are working against me! I've rearranged my work out schedule yet again and I will be swimming both tomorrow and friday morning, getting up extra early to swim before leaving for my cousin's wedding....just have to do it!

My countdown clock says 38 days and I cannot believe it. The race is so soon! Besides needing to swim, I am feeling ready! I know the run is going to hurt, but I don't have any doubts that my endurance will be where it needs to be in order to finish. The rest of the variables - weather, health, nutrition/hydration - we'll see when the day comes! Only three more weekends of tough workouts and a bit more than TWO MORE WEEKS BEFORE TAPER! AGHH!!