Tuesday and Thursday Swim!

I haven't posted my workout schedule for the month of December yet, but I will soon, hopefully this weekend.  Tuesdays and Thursdays are scheduled team swim practices, and Sundays are personal 30min swim practices.

Tuesday
I was hoping to make the Tuesday morning swim practice, which is at 5:30am in DC.  I even had all my stuff prepacked the night before so I could just roll out of bed and leave.  Alas, I did not get up, and did not make the group swim practice, but I did manage to fit a swim in, in the evening at Spring Hill RECenter (See "Thursday" for details on the facility).  The more time I spend in the pool, the more comfortable I am getting.  I think I swam about 1000, to 1100m in total, took me about an hour.

Also that evening, Christine and I had a chance to visit a swim shop in Arlington, VA called Sport Fair.  They were kind enough to keep the shop open late for the Team in Training participants.  Only one showed up that night, ME! :)  If you're looking for a swim specific shop, Sport Fair is a great place.  Sometimes its difficult to find a bathing suit for swim practice, and Sport Fair has everything - wall full of goggles, swim caps, and suits galore.  They do NOT however have Tri specific gear eg. Tri shorts.  I ended up buying another pair of goggles there.  The goggle prices I saw at least for the Speedo GCGs were comparable to Sports Authority, but in terms of selection, Sport Fair's has much more to choose from.  If you can find what you are looking for at Sports Authority or any other large sporting goods store, you might as well purchase from there since they generally run sales more frequently, however, if you have trouble finding specific swim gear, Sport Fair is a great fall back.  You can find them here:

Sport Fair

5010 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22207

Wednesday

I didn't get a chance to fit in a bike workout yesterday.  I need to get myself an indoor bike trainer, anyone have any suggestions?

Thursday

Today, I managed to get myself out of bed to 5:20am practice at:

Spring Hill RECenter

1239 Spring Hill Road
McLean, Virginia

That was tough, but I got there, kind of on time, and got a good workout in.  Did about 1100m to 1200m in about an hour.  The coaches and other teammates are great.  The facility itself is nice, the pool has many lanes, but the RECenter offers a lot of programs, so it can get crowded at times.

New Gear

Sorry for the long post, last thing before I end for the day, the new goggles I got were Speedo Vanquisher 2.0 Clear Goggles.  Great fit, the cushion around the eyes is not foam, instead its silicone.  I think come race day, I will get myself another pair of the vanquisher's.