Two a days

I'm tired. I almost forgot to post today. I don't know what the deal was today but I have been dragging all day. I guess it's just because it's Monday.

Woke up early for a run. Did 6 miles so I was out for a little over 45 min. I felt good. It took a few minutes for my legs to figure out what they were supposed to be doing. I kept the pace quick. By the end I was drenched in sweat but my legs felt good. This is a good sign. I need to keep running.

Tonight I made it into the gym for some light weight training and then a speed workout in the pool. Same thing as last week with the weights.

3x12 row and 3x12 lat pull down alternating
4x12 seated bench press
3x25 crunches with ball and 3x12 bicycle Crunches alternating
3x12 curls straight into 12 military press
3x25 ab exercise on end of bench thing
3x12 dumbell behind the head tricep things (I'm an idiot)
3x25 side bends with dumbell

I felt good after this. I was able to do more normal weights after last week and didn't feel as fatigued. Once I finished with the weights I suited up and hopped in the pool. The idea was the same as last week, work on pace. I mixed it up a little bit and did some 100's and paid more attention to time as opposed to sprinting non-stop. Here's the breakdown...

200 Swim warmup
100 3 Kick switch
100 Butterfly kick on back in a streamline (to get my legs warmed up)
200 Catch up zipper drill

50's at 30 sec pace on 45 sec split until I couldn't make split (about 5)
100's at 1:25 sec pace on 45 sec split until I couldn't make split (about 4)
300 at 4:35 pace

100 loooooonggggg cooldown

This took about 45 minutes. I didn't want to spend too long working out tonight because the goal was not endurance, it was muscle conditioning and pace work. Even though the total workout was only 90 minutes I was still burnt afterwards.

I'm afraid that I'm not going to be able to catch as much of the tour as I'd like to. I was only able to see the last 30 K tonight. It was exciting none the less. I love bike racing. If it wasn't so dangerous I'd probably do that too. Maybe when I'm older, after grad school. Glad to see Cancellara still in yellow.

On a side note. I cooked tofu for the first time tonight and damn was it good. I let it soak in soy sauce and garlic powder for 30 min before I tossed it in the frying pan with some rice and eggs. It turned out great. I'm really trying to watch what I eat. I think I was getting a little to lax for awhile. Gotta stay focused.

Going to DC with the lady friend this weekend. Really excited. I love getting away, and especially with her. We had so much fun last time we went, should be no different this time. Unfortuneatly that means little or no training this weekend. Maybe an early ride on Saturday and maybe some riding out at Westcreek Sunday night but that's if I'm feeling ambitious. 3sports sprint race a week from this Sunday, so I'll have to hit it hard next week to stay fresh for the race. Ok, that's it.

I'm tired, sorry if this was a boring post.

Listening to: DeathCab

Feeling: Ripped