Friday and Saturday with Chuckie and JK

Friday - I swam Masters in the morning with David (ex-swim coach, now Doctor) followed by a stellar ride with Jeff Keil (pictured, just behind me) and Chuckie. We headed up toward Ward and went back down from the 5,000+ foot climb through a small town called Raymond and onto Lyons, CO. Both training sessions went well. My power is still low and I seem to be swimming slowly. However: Slow and steady + patience and consistency = FAST and steady. Later, I followed the ride with an easy easy 11minute run.

Saturday - Today, Chuckie and I headed to Masters practice once again. We did our own thing - Chuckie coached me and critiqued my stroke. We are going back to formwork because some how in the last couple of months I've lost everything I seemed to have gained! Too much slapping, slipping, and wiggling. It was awesome to have Chuckie one-on-one in the water. He has such a beautiful stroke. Somehow I am hoping by watching him I will get that much faster. If only!

Later, we met up with Jeff (JK) again and went for an easy 3:30 ride with some upper end HR work for 1.5hours. Jeff and I compared heart-rates every now and then, and oddly enough, mine was always one beat lower. We stayed on flat terrain around Boulder. It was another fun time with these two. They crack me up and make the ride so much fun. Both Chuckie and JK are very strong. The focus today was on me though - which was nice. Luckily, I felt good. In fact, each time I compared watt output with Jeff's, mine was one higher. For the last half-hour JK's cadence averaged 98rpm. Mine was 99---one higher.

At the end of the ride we rode through the aftermath of some rain, Jeff started complaining that he had to clean his bike, something I like to avoid. By ride's end Jeff had ridden 75.7 miles while Chuckie and I managed to ride 75.8.

I just finished a quick weight routine and am just off to go for an easy run (it was raining earlier).

I will also probably do whatever Jeff is doing, plus one more.