Entering week 4, recovery week

So far so good, training has been going well and I'm enjoying the more laid back version of training than I employed last year. I know I'm getting through this race and I'm trying to enjoy myself more, while at the same time, seeing some solid speed improvements finally! Yesterday I had my longest run in, well, since the Ironman. I did 8 miles, and not only was I faster than I've been in years, it actually felt pretty easy. My HR never spiked and I never felt all that tired. I could've easily gone on longer, had I had the need to. I guess the need would be if a bear decided to give chase. But for comparisons sake, last week I did 7 miles in 1:14. This week I did 8 miles in 1:20. Last week I felt faint and a bit nauseous, where yesterday I felt absolutely normal. So, obviously I'm thrilled with my progress. My long ride was very hard to gauge because of the heat that we rode in, and the fact that we had to stop constantly to check the map. We got lost a LOT. It was a bit frustrating. And I ran out of water towards the end and did i mention it was incredibly hot? We were insanely slow, but a lot of that was cause we were talking a LOT and not pushing very hard. But I expect that speed to increase when I'm focused on racing. And, last but not least, I had an awesome swim on sunday too. I was supposed to do 1200, but that just seemed like too short for a long swim, so I planned to do 1500. I got into it and that just seemed to easy so I went for a cool 2000. I never stopped, never felt the least bit tired and did the 2000 in 35 minutes. That puts me well ahead of where I expect to do on my race. Considering that we swim with a current and I'll have a wetsuit. So all in all, I'm quite excited about my training progress. Recovery week ahead!