This week is dominated by a camping trip to Lake Whitney State Park with the kids again. My first time to visit and it was nice. I took two opportunities to exercise while there. My first open water swim (um, water was freaking cold) for awhile. I was reading that most triathloners have trouble swimming straight in open water so I tried some of the techniques to look forward without stopping. I didn't like that at all - will have to just pause from time to time to check. I was pretty good at staying straight. What I really didn't like was the feeling a motor boat would clip me in the water - I got out pretty far but the lake was pretty empty. Still, I would stop every few minutes to check for boat traffic. Next time I'll need to drag a swimmer flag off my ankle. On the biking front I also took another foray on the mountain bike for a couple of hours. I used this time to find a few geocaches - another fun past time of mine. If you are unaware of geocaching then it's time to stop being a "muggle" and participate. Likely there are geocaches all around where you are right now and you didn't even know it.
So, from a health perspective I'm feeling pretty good. Still monitoring my right knee but it's actually the ball of my left foot. Feels sore sometimes but not a sharp pain. Hope it's not a stress fracture that gets in the way of getting stronger.
So, the title refers to the crazy transition period of kids going from school to summer. Lots of activities planned. I feel like I need to back-off a little too. Hard for me to know when I'm getting into over-training mode. Maybe my sore foot is a sign.
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