Fitting things in (more or less)

Its Sunday night and I have done about 7 hours of training in the last three days as well as quite a bit of socializing. I am a bit stiff and sore which is good, I guess. Friday, I was still feeling under the weather with a cold so I slept ina bit and swam at lunch time. I managed to swim 2000 m. doing a 500 m warm up and 300s with paddles and then alternating with swimming with a pull buoy. I mixed in a bit of backstroke and breaststroke. It was mostly sunny Friday and about 5 degrees so I started to think about cycling in the afternoon. I left work about 4:30 and went home to get geared up for cycling. I got about a half hour into it and it started to rain and it was windy. I turned around and headed home because I didn't want to get wet and I didn't really want to get my bike wet and dirty. But, I got about an hour of cycling in.

After wining and dining Friday night, I did my Saturday morning spin class at 8:30 am. I also enjoy that and I like having to get up early and get going. I had to rush to get to the "Pinch Penny Fair" at Confed. Centre where I was volunteering. I finished that about 1 pm and was determined to get a long run in before another dinner for my friend, Mike's birthday. I ran for about an hour and a half and felt great. (for a change) I ran a bit faster and really enjoyed it. The run ended with Coldplay's "Rule the World" song on my Ipod which I thought was a great song to end with. On a more embarassing note, there is a Celine Dion/Il Divo duet on my Ipod that I find oddly motivating when I run.

Today, I cycled with my friend, Jamie, for about 60 k. and it was great, except that I am quite slow at the moment. I was thinking to myself that all my ironman training over the past couple of years might be making me into a "slow and steady" cyclist. We'll see how things go after a few more rides. I felt I was a bit slower last year as well. When I started cycling and before I got into long distance races, I used to go out for 40-50 k fast rides all the time. That was all I ever did and you get quick doing that. I find now that I am always thinking a bit like I am in an ironman race where I am pacing myself and holding back. I am heading to Cuba (again) the end of this week. I have been doing a lot of travel lately but this will be my last non-triathlon trip for the rest of the year. I will do lots of running and swimming in Cuba. As well, I am going to a resort to be a fitness instructor for a week and am scheduled to teach 21 fitness classes in 7 days. But, its not as impressive as its sounds as the workouts are not very long or intense and sometimes no one shows up.