I had a rather slow week but I feel like I finally got motivated to really get to business. Last week I met with Nate, who has offered coaching services.  For me this is a great opportunity to pick his brain about nutrition, training and workout help.  Nate is a professional biker who has a vast knowledge about anything endurance and has placed well at many races and tours so am excited about him helping me out.  I also rode two weeks ago with a group of great bikers from FMRC, they were fast.  I lost them pretty much after the first mile but the leader Doug suggested that the more I ride with the group the faster I will be and at some point be able to keep up.  From suggestion of Nate, I am increasing my bike volume as that is imperative in order to really be able to build strength on the bike.  Today I swam a 3000 which is 1.8 miles or around 120 laps in the pool.  I killed it, I concentrated on good form, which for me is a constant reminder to keep my head down, elbows out of the water and staying streamline.  Today was also great as 3000 meters is the most I have ever swam at one time and really the work out did not have me dying on the pool side deck.  All in all finally off to a decent start.

Jeannine