paradise

Training this weekend went well. Saturday's bike and run repeats were pretty good. In total I rode 13 miles and ran 3. The first sessions went well. By the third and last bike ride, I felt a cramp in my left calf, it kinds of felt like an electrical shock, as I was almost to the top of the hill at the end of the ride, and shortly there after the same thing happened in the right calf. I knew I was short on my salt/sodium intake, and that was probably the reason, for the cramping, so I took a salt supplement and headed out for my run, the cramping continued on the run, and I decided that I was better off turning around and seeing what happened. I went back to the transition area, stretched continued to drink water, and hope that the cramping would subside. The stretching definately helped, but under the advisement of a mentor I called it a day, and headed home.

Sunday, is now open water swim sessions, the swells are a bit crazy so instead of meeting at the ocean, we swam in the bay. It was calm and much easier to swim with out battling all those waves. I swam a half mile which is a bit longer than half of the distance I'll be swimming at my event. I'm learning how to take advantidge of my wetsuit. I was also told that the water I'll be swimming in for my event will be similar to today's water than the ocean. I was happy to hear that and realized that I'll be able to finish the swim session.