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Change of plans last night. I felt like crap leaving work and really did not want to go to the pool. I told myself to suck it up and get your ass in their because you only swim twice a week and you cannot slack on the swim. I was tired, but I went. I get in the pool and didn't really plan out what I was going to do. I figured I would just start swimming and figure it out while I was warming up. I started swimming, kept swimming and kept swimming some more. I decided I was going to swim 2000 yards. Nope, I changed my mind, 3000 yards. I felt so great and smooth that I was willing to give up a bit of the bike tonight in lieu of a great swim. It is not very often I feel like swimming and very rare that I feel like not getting out of the pool. I ended up getting in the laps in 1:05. The pool I swim in is only 21-22 yards so I am not exactly sure if I swam slightly over 3000 yards or slightly under. I just figured each lap was short 3.5 yards and added the extra laps for it. By the end, my face was going to explode. How do you keep your face from building up so much pressure? I need to figure that out. After my swim, I headed home and had a bowl of oatmeal and then headed out on the bike. I only got in 1.5 hours because the sun was almost set and people can't drive. I started out on the bike and went up a very short, not steep hill by my house and I about died. My legs were soooooooooooooooo tired. I didn't think I was going to go longer than 20 min. I kept going. I couldn't hardly get going so I decided I would just take it easy and spin my legs out more to get them ready for Friday. By the time I got to 15 min, I had forgot my legs were tired and was back up to normal speed. I headed up through Ankeny and then back home. At the turn around, I really wanted to be home. Good thing that that is where that thought came up so I couldn't turn back early. I was going to have to make the entire trip. I am trying to work on the mental part of these long bikes. I need to not think about the time and just enjoy the ride and focus on form. I got home at 8:30. I get heartburn really bad if I eat after 8 so I could only eat something very light. Bowl of corn flakes. Blah. showered and then turned on a baseball game and started one of the books I got at the library today. "How to stop worrying and start living". It is pretty good so far. I started the other book "the secret" and left it at work to read during lunch. That one is kind of slow because it really only has one point to make and it just keeps giving examples of it. Ok I get it, move on. Hopefully it will expand its point a little more. Tonight I am going to do my "loop of pain" on the bike. It really isn't. It encompasses the 6 hills that are by where I live. There is 2 short quick hills, 3 long gradual hills, and 1 really steep hill that just kills me. I wish I had more time to do repeats on it. I will try to work that in several times in in the next couple weeks. Then I will do a short easy run after before my game. Tomorrow is going to be a tough day. It is suppose to be windier (10-15 mph wind) and hotter than it has been plus a chance of rain. It will really test my mental toughness.