So in the last post, if you may recall, I had fallen on my wonderful 30 mile ride on Tuesday. Well, Tuesday night I went to swim practice and ran afterwards. Not so bad. I was fine. I got to practice early and swam just under 1000 before practice and we did 2000 during practice. Most of it was a long set which I altered myself to make some of the distances longer. So the rest of the team was doing shorter intervals (mostly 100's and 150's), I was doing 300-500's. Which was good since the Olympic race is next week. It's going to be awesome. I'm feeling good about myself in the water. I have the endurance, now it's just pushing myself to go faster (who would've thought you'd want to go fast in a race?). After practice I ran suicide trail, complete with the extra detours and gravity hill and it came out to just under 4 miles. It was a good workout. The last thing I want to do this winter is stop running or biking because when the season comes back you're starting from scratch. It's taken me this long to really get my groove again. The key will be maintaining it.
Today my plan was to get in the pool and swim for about an hour and get in 2000 meters. But.... since I do have a life and decided to stay out a little later than I usually do last night, I didn't wake up until 11, and figured a bike/run brick would be appropriate. So on the bike I did 30 miles, averaging 21.1. 10 minutes of the ride was the one foot pedal drills, which by the way are even harder in the aero bars. It was hot, but I was drinking and pouring water on my face to stay cool so I was feeling pretty strong when I got home. That was until I started running. The first mile was absolutely torture. I don't know what was wrong, but it was the longest mile of my life. My legs were heavy and I was thirsty. After that though, everything fell into place as it usually does. I brought a water bottle with me which made a huge difference. I had my rhythm and I just went with it. Total distance was 5.8 miles at a 8 min pace so I was out for a little under an hour. It was so hot. At mile 4.5ish my heart rate was up to 185 which was a little scary but I think the heat had a huge part in that. I was drenched with sweat and I still feel pretty dead. Next on the list of things to do is eat as much as possible. Great workout today. Good prep for the race next week. Total calories... 2450... which is exactly why I'm leaving you to go eat.
Have a good night ladies and gents.
Listening to: My heartbeat
Feeling: Awesome
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