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Welcome to AMR Answers. This is Sarah Bowen Shea.

And this is Dimitie McDowell. I'm hanging out with a lumberjacks today, so you may hear a little tree cutting in the background. It's our neighbors.

I don't destroy trees. Our neighbors do, though.

Is it the Lorax?

Yeah, exactly.

So, Dim, you had kind of a milestone swim this week, I hear?

I had a milestone, well, I don't know if it was a milestone swim, but yeah, so I'm kind of into week three now of my training for this.

Don't know exactly what it's called, but the aqua bike at the end of September. That's just kind of called.

Aquabagnationals.

I'm putting it as like, just like, okay, the race at the end of September.

And so, they coaches Jen and Lynn, Jen and Lynn, Jen and Liz, who I have hired to coach me individually.

I wanted to get kind of a benchmark of where I am in the pool as far as swimming goes.

I mean, I've done that on the bike as well, but I mean, I just have to say I have mad respect for people who have done virtual races now.

I mean, I've always had respect for anybody who runs.

Does anything pretty much move forward, but it is very hard to motivate, you know, especially when you are, you know, by yourself.

And, you know, a next to me is like, you know, a very nice older man who's kind of doing his like doggy paddle, soak for the day and then play next to me, you know.

So, it was 10-100s as like steady effort, right?

A steady slash as fast as you can go, but pacing yourself, right?

With 15 seconds rest in between, like strict 15 seconds.

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