Monday Swim

Day two of my self imposed rest and taper before Iowa. The full swim team was there this morning and I talked to the coach and the girl that had gone to the trials in Omaha. They both thought it was awesome.
And yes, my duck was back. Creature of habit. He did a few laps in my lane and then left, as apparently the commotion caused by 6 swimmers was distracting enough.
I followed the final blog post by the NYTIMES guy who did the Etape De Tour yesterday, and he finished the 105 mile ride in about 8 hours. 3 hours to do the first 60 miles and the rest of the time to finish up two major TDF climbs in the Pyrenees.
Will try and swim all week -- using the leg buoy, as I did today so I wouldn't tax my leg.