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August 03, 2007

Days 2 and 3

Yesterday was another swim workout, but this one was in the pool. I can't even tell you how good it felt to not be in the lake, even if I did reek of chlorine for hours afterwards. No horrible waves! No washing machine! No gulping water when I try to breathe! And, of course: no screwing with a wetsuit for 20 minutes before getting in the water only to have to wait around for another 10 minutes absolutely boiling while everyone else gets ready to swim! Perhaps someday I will learn to love the open water, but for now I simply tolerate it because I have to. The fact that I've gotten to the point where I actually really enjoy swimming laps in the pool certainly says something, though.

After I went through my warm-up (and even did all of the annoying technique drills my coach prescribed, despite the fact that I sometimes really hate that crap), I hit my main set. 6 x 100 in 2:15 on 10 seconds rest, followed by 4 x 50 in 1:05 on 10 seconds rest. I honestly wasn't sure if I could hit those numbers, especially since my shoulders were feeling tired from fighting the currents the night before. But I wouldn't know unless I tried. So I took off at a fast but sustainable pace, finished my first 100, looked at the clock... and I'd done it in 2:15 on. the. dot. I couldn't believe it.

The 10 seconds rest between each interval was super-quick and didn't feel like it was long enough to be restful at all, but I kept going. And I kept hitting my target time right on. When I was done, I was out of breath and tired, but I'd done it. Every rep had been right on the prescribed time. I couldn't believe it. I enjoyed my cool-down and then met The Boy for a delicious sushi dinner. Where I shocked and amazed him by putting down a considerable amount of sushi and then agreeing to ice cream for dessert. I don't know why, but swim workouts make me feel like a bottomless pit afterwards - more so than running or biking.

Today was a run/bike/run brick workout. My original plan was to get up early and do it before I caught my plane to Cleveland. Sadly, I didn't get enough packing and such done before turning in last night so that plan went right out the window. Instead, I got stuck doing it in the hotel gym this afternoon. The good news is that since the runs were just 15 minutes each, those flew by without a problem. The 40 minute bike in the middle was a little challenging, but at least I had Billy, Mandy, and Grim to keep me company.

Only 3 days into August, but so far so good. Even if it did involve a treadmill and stationary bike (ugh).

Posted by Dawn at August 3, 2007 03:54 PM

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Posted by: jank at August 4, 2007 08:05 PM