Hello all ! !

sounds like some exciting things happening out there.

I was hoping to do the blizzard biathlon in Feb but found out it is a 5 mile run, not 5k. No desire to do that in the cold! I just happened to run into a friend who had talked about teaming it so he is going to run and I am going to swim.

I finally ordered Eric Harr's book and one other I can't remember the name of offhand. Now I can' t wait for them to get here.

Meanwhile I am still blindly going on my merry little way, but I discovered my training plan isn't.

Due to life and schedules it has evolved into pretty much a rotation plan. run, swim, bike, off, run, whatever works, whatever works, off, off etc. Life things are slowing down so maybe more of a routine can be established.

I read the total immersion article about head position and breathing. I concentrated on my exhale and what a difference fatiguewise! the bubbles feel wierd around my ears but I'll get used to them

Cycling is pretty much in maintainance mode right now. A work out on the trainer or spinning class

I am still mostly concentrating on the running. I am trying the 10% time per week. I never knew 2 minutes could be so long!
I am up to 26 minutes this week after still doing the 1/2hr elliptical. My pace has started to slowly increase 5.5 for the first while, 5.7, then inching up to 6.0 for the last 4 or five minutes. It is starting to feel a little easier but I must say running is pretty boring, same motion over and over and over - at least w/ cycling a person gets to make decisions and shift now and again

I did a 550 yard freestyle swim to time myself. I did it at the beginning of my workout and completed it in 11 minutes. It was at an easy pace throughout so non-fatigueing (in fact I completed 1500 yds after I was done)

Question is this:
How do you pace yourself on the swim knowing you have a bike and run coming up. I could have gone faster, but would it be worth tiring myself out to only gain a minute? I will not be competing at a competitive level more just against myself.