One of the great things about living in Burlington is that you are only 40 minutes away from Toronto and 45 minutes away from Niagara Falls. Ontario has so much to do that we don't even have to drive somewhere and stay in a hotel. We can just get up early and drive. Reid was so excited to go to Niagara Falls, he wanted to see the Wax Museum and Ripley's Believe It or Not. I was going to swim before we left but woke up a little late and Reid was pressuring us to go because he had to be back for his 5 pm drum lessons.
Since I changed my email provider I'm not getting spam but I'm getting a lot of e-newsletters. I didn't realize how many I signed up for and were blocked on my old spam filter. All I've been doing is "unsubscribing". It's amazing how many I was getting from race photo companies, even though I already bought my images they continue to send them. The one thing I see when I see those pictures is "pain". I can truthfully say that I enjoy training much more than racing. It is easier for me to go on a 7 hour training ride than race an Olympic Distance Triathlon. I just find that no matter what, the competitive juices in me make me go all out. I love it when I race well and get a good time, but the pain to do it is not always fun. Even a 5 K or 10 K is hard when you go all out. I will say that in a sick way I enjoy Ironman's and Half Ironman's, I think is because I don't have to go all out to do well, I can get in a rhythm.
After dinner I went to the Y and did my weight training and swim session. About 1500 meters into the swim I was unmotivated and really wanted to cut it short. Then a woman started swimming in the lane beside me and she was pretty good, I could tell when they can do flip turns and the butterfly. During my sets I was able to keep up with her and slightly pass her. Before I knew it I was finished. It was also fun watching the kids beside me on the other side of the lane rope try to race along side me as I swam.
Weights - 45 minutes
Tempo Swim - 1:05:39 / 3000 meters.
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