Man oh man do I feel blessed. Now that I've gotten over the cold that I got hit with last week, I'm starting to get back into training mode and I have had some great workouts this week. Last nights speed work really wore me out. I was very sore this morning and was very sore again tonight.
Tonight the idea was to swim and then run, but it ended up getting switched around, again, just like last time. No problem. The original plan was to run a fast paced 3 miles. It ended up being a fast paced 8 miles. That's what happens when you workout with your best friend/closest competitor. The interesting part was that even though we were keeping a fast pace I could defineatly feel a rhythm. I really don't think I could rely on my leg strength to keep me going for 13 miles, but more so my ability to find that rhythm and keep it there.
After running for almost an hour we wandered back to the pool. Since last night was a speed workout tonight was going to be more distance oriented. As soon as I started warming up, I could feel every muscle in my body aching and creaking. It was interesting because it was the first time that I noticed how much certain muscles are used for swimming. After warm ups everything was feeling better. I can say with certainty that my pace was less than desirable but the idea was distance, not pace. We wanted to do 2000 meters in addition to our warmup but because of the time we had to cut the workout short and in an effort to maximize our time we tried to squeeze in some 50's from last night. Here's the layout...
3x200 Warmup (Long slow pace)
4x250 Consistent pace
2xSet from last night (4x50 + 2x25)
1x50 Cooldown (I had to haggle with the lifeguard to get this one in)
Total distance was just under 2000 meters. Stupid YMCA closing early. It was probably a good thing considering last nights workout and the bike workout planned for tomorrow (54 miler) hopefully with a little bit of running.
More tomorrow, time to sleep.
Best quote of the night: "Some people close bars, we close pools."
Listening to: Scarlet
Feeling: Sleepy
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