Thanks girls. I was ready to go on a rant but then I started to laugh so hard when I checked the thread, my rant may have dissipated.

Alpine, where on earth do you find this stuff?

As for work, I average 32 hours per week. I'm on an appointment schedule so I block out time at lunch to fit in workouts and tray to swim at least 2 times (3 if I can) during the week before my first appointment at 8 AM. It's tight, but I make it work.

So today I swam my azz off for 2100 m at 1:40 pace. These were 200s and 100s on short rest intervals. The coach was standing over top of me making sure I didn't cheat on my rest. So I called him a b@st@rd several times, much to the amusement of my lane mates.

I'm a little freaked out about my run because I did some zone 4 intervals of 1/2 mile today and could only hold a 7:45 ish pace. This does not bode well for a 8:30 pace race day. But hey, I'll finish. I have to keep reminding myself that nothing is lost if I don't hit my goal time. It's not like anyone's going to drop my sponsorship contracts that I don't have!!

Well, off to sleep. Longer run tomorrow. That'll really tell the tale. And that will be my last hard run before the race. Baaaaaahhhhhh!!