Temperature Rising, Swimmer Dropping

After taking three days off, including an extra one due to sunburn, I jumped in the pool last night. I managed a meager 2100 yards before getting out. There was probably a combination of factors that contributed to my early exit: it was an extremely hot day and the pool was very warm, it was the start of a long and hard workout, and I had been rear-ended in post-fireworks traffic the night before (which has most likely aggravated an injury I mentioned in Why Ironman? Here’s Why). It was disappointing to leave early because of a massive head/neck ache, but it won’t do me any good in getting to Ironman Coeur d’Alene next year if I put myself at risk.

So that’s what I’m dealing with right now. I was going to try a run tonight, but we’ll see how that goes. It was 95 degrees F when I left for work at 5:10 AM, I’m guessing that today is going to be another scorcher and so I might go to another pool workout and hope I don’t repeat last night’s fiasco.

I’ll post again later today regarding motivation as I’m currently watching a pretty cool “blogumentary” I found mentioned by Jonathan Starlight in his blog, Jonathan in the Distance. Some of what he says mirrors what I’ve found on YouTube and I’ll make mention of that later. Keep checking back.