I participated in a swim clinic today and it was very informative and helpful. Tomorrow I get back in the pool for more instruction. I knew I wasn't swimming with the right technique and thus felt like it was worthless for me to practice until I learned the right technique.

Plus the bike shop guy I train indoors with is going to look at my cycling shoe footbeds and see if any adjustments can be made to increase my efficiency on the bike. Because I'm all about getting faster without doing any work.

My body fat percentage was measured today at 17.7%, which is low for a female, but probably normal for a female athlete/runner. The absolute minimum for women to allow for proper bodily functioning is 10 to 12% (this is called essential fat). I don't know if I would ever want to drop below 17%; besides, it seems that when my body reaches a certain weight on the low end of my range, I become irrationally hungry and eat everything in sight.

Here is a useful guideline for body fat percentages.

There is one benefit in tri-sports for those with higher body fat: you're more bouyant in the water. And women, since their body fat is typically higher than men, have greater ease with gliding atop the water due to higher buoyancy.