The longest day so far...

Done!!!

My training schedule today consisted of a 3000 meter swim, a 3 hour bike ride and a 30 minute run following the bike ride.

To do it all and get it over with, I woke up at 6:05 am, had a good breakfast, and was in the pool by 7:05.

My swimming is really improving. It was to be a moderate effort swim and I was consistently swimming around the 1:50 - 1:55 per 100 meters.

I went to the Burlington pool for the first time. The pool is older, but I liked it, it was warm.

After the swim, I picked up a Tim Horton's coffee and bagel and watched Reid's hockey game. He's getting better every time I watch him. His team won 6 - 0 and he had a good shot on net.

When I got home I ate a waffle and prepared for my 3 hour bike ride.

I started off the ride by watching the movie "The Flying Scotsman", which is a true story about a cyclist that built a bike in his garage and even used parts from a washing machine, he set the 1 hour speed record and other world records on the track.

He was also bi-polar. Very inspirational, especially while I was riding and watching on my bike. I got "choked up " and "tingly" a few times. I love that feeling.

The ride went well. I could not believe how much I was sweating.

When the ride ended, I had to towel down my entire body. My feet looked like prunes from the sweat going into my shoes. My feet looked like they were in a bath tub for 3 hours.

I prepared my running clothes before the bike ride so I could have a quick transition. It took me 4:24 to go from getting off the bike to starting the run.

People may think I'm "sick", but I love the way my legs feel when I start running off the bike. When I first started triathlons, I hated the pain of the transition from biking to running, now I LOVE it. Maybe that is why my last name is Payne, I love Pain.

Once I got on the run I was home free. A 30 minute run is like a walk in the park.

I felt so good on the run, I didn't realize that I was out of my heart rate zone for the first 3 minutes. When I looked at my watch, I was 147 bpm. A few times I had to stop and walk a little to keep it under 139 bpm.

I ended up running at a 9:22 pace. It felt even slower.

At 2:36 pm my Saturday training journey ended and I don't even feel like I worked out all that much. My legs are pumped but not sore. There was no tension when I stretched.

My weight has been unstable.

Last night I went to bed I was 177.2, when I woke up it was 175. Then today when I got back from the pool, before my bike ride, it was 178lb. Then after my run, it was 169 lbs.

Now that I'm done training for the day, I'm going to shower and go for a burger, and maybe a beer or two.

But first I need to drink 9 lbs of water!