A day of accomplishments

I was up at 2:30 today (yes, AM; 2:30 PM is 14:30). Stretches, strength training, brick workout, stop at home for breakfast, bike to work, supervise core refueling, silicon unload, silicon load, and bike home.

I feel confident in my 50 reps apiece for my strength training exercises. Tomorrow, I'll increase to 55 each. Tomorrow is also my bike-only day for the week; 1 hour and 15 minutes of moderate pace, which is around 15 miles for me, given the roads around here. I'm tempted to wait and make that my commute in, but I shouldn't. I should just get it done in the morning and make my commute extra. I did something akin to that today, and I'm at around 3,600 calories. With the hours left in the day, I may go over 4,000.

I plan to get a wetsuit so that I can keep swimming open water. Yes, some people swim in incredibly frigid water. But tend to A. do so for very short periods or  B. be on the edge of death when they exit. Since I don't plan on hiring a medical team twice a week, and I want to get some tri-applicable benefit from my swimming, a wetsuit is really the only option besides heading indoors. A few manufacturers are making wetsuits out of more environmentally friendly materials than neoprene; Henderson and Patagonia. Both brands are in the $400 range, new, for the sort of thing I'd want. Sizing is also an issue. I'm strongly considering renting a few suits to see what works best for me.