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Last week was a good one, with some important lessons for Louisville.

 Monday - 2,624 yard open water swim at Mystic Bay.

 Tuesday - 7 mile run with 3 miles of increasing effort every half mile. A fourth mile would have been good, but I was fast enough the last 800 that I didn't really have anywhere to go without "racing." But I'll take 7 miles in 1:20.

 Wednesday - Volunteered on the Firecracker6 course and then went for an easy ride with a friend. Later in the day I headed out to Fort Harrison to swim. 15 mile ride, 2,800 yard swim.

 Thursday - with sketchy weather and my bike being prepped for the weekend I did my progression ride on the trainer, but that was fine because it meant I had more control over it too. 20 miles with 50 minutes of increasing power ever 10 minutes.

 Friday - even though the pool schedule said the indoor 25 was open, it wasn't really so I converted the workout for the outdoor 50 and swam my 2,953 yards (2,700 meters).

 Saturday - rode one loop (83 miles) of the Ironman Louisville course. It could have gone two ways: scared me and worried me about the goal, or improved my confidence. It was confidence building, but I also learned I need to work on long continuous grades. And some modifications to my bike will be helpful so we're working on those...mostly accessory changes.

 Sunday - I slept past my alarms and ran out of time to run before church. I probably needed the sleep though. In the afternoon David and I went to Eagle Creek and he rode while I ran. I decided to do short loops with the car as an aid station, but also carried sports drink. It was toasty hot, but not humid, and I did surprisingly well. I ran my fastest 10 miles, finishing under 1:54:30.

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