15:05

Today I swam a 1000 yard time trial in the pool to see where my swimming fitness is. I was hoping for under 15 minutes but ended up at 15:05. (1:30.5 per 100 yards) For a reference, I usually was around 13:45-14:00 when I was in Ironman shape and I was at 12:45 when I had my 55 minute Ironman swim. I don’t have any Ironmans planned for this year, so I guess I’m doing OK. Last week I ran my uphill mile in 11:11, so my run time is slowly starting to improve too.
In other news, I had 5 people sign up for my introduction to triathlon class and I have started teaching a swim stroke development class. The weather here has been in the 50’s and I no longer see any snow in town, but you only have to go up about 500 feet to see snow on the north facing hill sides. Early this week I did one of my runs on a newly plowed road above the town and the snow was up to my waist on either side of the road at some points.