Big Swim Milestone

Early this AM I just ripped out a 500 meter swim practice. That means that I can now swim the required distance for the Tavern Triathlon,and since I have four more months to train that I am going to be able to get really fast by race day. Even better, though is that I did it after a hard week of practice, including a couple of road rides that were my first outdoor stints since it got cold. I really didn't know that I would be able to start looking at times and shaving seconds and minutes before the race, but that's the way it looks. Close guestimation looks like about 15 minutes right now, I'll keep posting as the time comes down.