Under the weather (slightly)

My late nights in montreal this past weekend left me a bit under the weather when I got home. So, I have been taking it as it goes with training. I didn't run after work yesterday as I had mild flu like symtoms. I felt a bit better this morning and swam around 2500 m. I did 100 swim, 100 back stroke, 100 swim, 100 back stroke as a warmup; I did some drills: one arm swim changing arms every six strokes for 100 m and then 100 m of swimming with as few strokes as possible. I repeated those drills for a total of 400 m. For the main sets, I did 5- 100s with paddles; 4-100s without paddles; 3-100s with paddles; 2-100s without paddles and 1-100 with paddles. As a cool down I did 100 breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 50 backstroke for a total of 2500. It took me about an hour with some breaks. I am having people for dinner tonight so I can't train after work. I was thinking about running at lunch time but as of 11:25 am I am on the fence about that.

I am still planning on a big training weekend so maybe it wouldn't hurt me to skip running at lunch and really get started after work tomorrow. I am going to swim again in the am to make it 3 swims so far this week. I would like to get another on in on the weekend to make it four.

I was sort of laughing a bit to myself this morning at the pool because there are alot of new triathletes training this year. It is fun to see their progression (having gone through it) as they get more into it and start getting all the gear: racing swimsuits, asking about wetsuits, triathlon bikes etc.... Triathlon is very weighted toward having the best "stuff". There is alot of marketing involved. But, I buy into it as much as the next person but every once and awhile I do think about it.