The grey morning light switched to a brief rain storm at Sasamat today. Swimming in rain is interesting. The splashing drops mix with your spraying water on the calm lake top. 1hr 20min is a long time to swim. I did two big loops. I kept catching glimpses of the other caps but decided to take the outside solo route. A good swim, and no sore shoulder.

I did my long run with Jean-Yves, Alison, Chung, and Bronwyn. We had a little rain in the parking lot and enjoyed some sun breaking through on the way back. I showed them the transcanada trail route that I found when I decided to run home a couple weekend’s back. We saw a snake. It was pretty funny. I jumped out of my skin – very entertaining for everyone.

We ran out for 1.5hr and were back by 2hr 42min (damn those negative splits). To finish up, we ran around the back side of the lake trail. All in all, another great long day of training for the books. After a protein shake at Coach Drew’s place, then lunch with Bronwyn and Alison in Newport Village, I even had the energy to grocery shop on the way home.

swim
1h20min, 2 loops around Sasamat = 4km+
run
3h15min, out/back on transcanada trail route