Tri-ing to stay young!

I went for an early swim this morning. Guess what – They have 2 foot swells (and chop) in an Arizona Canal! There were times when the swell raised my body out of the water to the waist. After more mouth-fulls of “brown” water than I care to think about, I started to unilateral breath to the lea side. I have to say that the swim in was much nicer! A second interesting situation is you swim the out leg into a rising sun. Now I don’t see well without my glases at the best of times so I may have to buy a pair of tinted goggles to see on raceday. I’m glad I went for a swim today as it gave me a chance to get used to timing my stroke with the swells. As for the brown water, Ed and I swam in much worse water in Lake Mackenzie, Calgary. At least they don’t have the 6-foot algae strings that Ed and I pulled with us in our May swims. I’m definitely going out for another training swim tomorrow. I’ll get there right at 8:00 to see if the wind situation is better earlier in the morning.
Hopefully I will get out to do a loop of the bike loop course this afternoon. I pick Ed up at the airport at 11:30, back to the Hotel to put his bike together, register and then on to the road for a gentle 30-mile ride.
Talk to you tomorrow after my swim.
Bill