This morning, I got up at 5:30 and went to the pool.  I was in the pool by 6:00 and swimming away.  The whole time I was in the water, I kept thinking about how I should be running since I’m trying to do an ultra run, not an ultra swim.  Anyway, I had a good swim but now I’m really, really sleepy.
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I swam again tonight.  I did 1450 yards in about 30 minutes or so.  I wasted a bunch of time getting my goggles fixed, so I didn’t get to swim as much as I wanted to but it was all good.  I think I’m going to take tomorrow off from swimming and maybe just run or something.  Dunno, we’ll see.
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I just checked the calendar, and it appears that if I were to stick to my 29 week training schedule, the races that fall around that time are the Leadville 100 and the Pikes Peak ascent and marathon.  I doubt that I’ll be doing Leadville, and the Pikes Peak races seem hard to get in on, so I don’t know that either of those races is an option.
Expanding the look, it seems like these races might work:

Bulldog 50k in Callabasas, CA
Salt point trail, also in CA
Green Lakes, in upstate …

This morning, I went out to run loop 1 around the ‘hood.  I got up on time but still managed to leave the house late because I wanted to check my email before heading out.  I don’t understand why I had the need to do that, but there you have it.
At first, I was not feeling it.  My legs felt heavy, prolly from yesterday’s swim, and I was just not in the mood to run.  I walked for a good 1/4 mile in the beginning while I talked myself into …

Tonight, we went to the Y after dinner.  I swam, Chelle ran on the hamster trail and L’il D played in the pool while we did both.  I swam 1300 yards and felt much, much better than on Saturday.  I was thinking about that as I was puching away from the wall during one of my sets.  I was thinking about how almost effortless it was for me to swim and slice, well more like plowed, my way through the water tonight.  I guess, I’m a natural swimmer and an …