Swimming is kicking my butt

So it's been a while since my last update.  During this time, I went on vacation and then caught up with work and working out when I got back.  While away, I did manage to use the hotel pool four days.  I also realized that I suck at swimming.  I couldn't get my rhythm right and swallowed a lot of outdoor pool water.  Not fun.  I ate a lot and ran and lifted once that week.

Since coming back, I have been keeping up with my other workouts.  I didn't swim all of last week, but devoted 20 minutes to working on my strokes and breathing timing.  I think this helped the most because last night I was able to do 25M laps with breathing.  I did it three separate times, so it was quite encouraging.  I'm looking at doing some private lessons again, but being ready for a 250 yard swim by Oct 3 is still looking doubtful.  My runs are doing well.  I've been consistently running at least 5Ks now, but the bike/run is killing me.  I did a real brick last week outdoors and did 7.5 miles biking and 2.0 miles running.  My legs felt like they disappeared on me after getting off my bike.  This week, I ran 3.5 miles on Monday night with my 5K clocking in at 29:38.  Feels great to see my 5K under 30:00, but I'm sure after a swim and a bike, that time will go up a lot.  Tuesday night, I did an indoor brick of 10 miles stationary bike and 4.1 miles treadmill running.  Needless to say, I didn't have much gas left for my swim last night.

I'm going to continue with my training, but as I've said before, the swim event is going to make or break this triathlon.  I'm not sure how the three weeks I have left will go, but at the very least this triathlon has got me off my butt and doing more than I've ever done.  That's what I'll keep telling myself...oy.