May Numbers

A funny thing happens to me right after the main event, that I've been training for, is in the books.  I seem to go into "relax" mode and have no real strong drive to get up early and get active.  Don't get me wrong, I don't go into "sloth" mode and sit on the couch while stuffing my face with garbage, but when the sun comes up, my internal struggle with getting up, or getting more sleep, usually ends with....getting more sleep.  After the USMS nationals ended three weeks ago, I've been in the water exactly 3 times for a whopping 4300 yards.  My last event was on Sunday, 05/12, and, while I got in the water just two days later, I took the entire next week off from swimming.  The good news, however, is that I did lace up the shoes and I did get back on the bike for some shorter runs and rides.  I'm planning on doing a long course meters swim meet in mid-July (where I may, or may not, go for the high point award), so I need to get back in swimming mode PDQ.  For those of you that don't know what a high point award is, it's an age group award given out to the individual that scores the most points in a meet.  Obviously, the higher you place, the more points you get.  Also, the more events you swim, you have a better chance of scoring more points too.  So, let's say that I swim three events, take first place in each, and earn 30 points.  I could have also entered 5 events, taken 4th in each, and earned 35 points.  If I do decide to take a crack at the award, I'll probably enter more events than typical, so that means that I will be swimming added events like the 200 IM, 400 free, and 200 free.  Finally, a quick oddity from this morning;  Fully knowing that I need to get back into the pool, I should have made a trip down to the YMCA to grab a lane.  When I finally woke up, I made the decision to.....wait for it.....go for a run?!?!?  Seriously, I picked running over swimming?  Someone, somewhere, probably just saw a pig fly, or Satan himself just put on a jacket.

Here are the numbers:

MAY 2010 TOTALS:
SWIM = 13700 yards
BIKE = 477.25 miles  
RUN = 69.9 miles

MAY 2011 TOTALS:
SWIM = 23788 yards  
BIKE = 350.03 miles  
RUN = 39.5 miles 
 
MAY 2012 TOTALS:
SWIM = 15927 yards
BIKE = 342.41 miles
RUN = 54.57 miles

MAY 2013 TOTALS:
SWIM = 11050 yards
BIKE = 93.51 miles
RUN = 18.41 miles