Early morning trainer

5:30am - Got on the bike early this morning before church with the intentions of riding 2.5 hours or 50 miles, but i just didn't have it in me this morning. I couldn't get warmed up, legs felt dead tired and so did the rest of me. I tried eating a little bit at about 45 minutes but still couldn't get into a groove.

Made the decision to cut the ride short and finish the rest later. After drinking a protein shake and showering I still felt dead tired, so i went back to bed to sleep another hour before church. I ended up sleeping till almost 1 while Deanna and the boys went to church, ate lunch and started cleaning out the boys room. Wow i must have more wiped out then i thought.

After finally getting up I helped Deanna and the boys for the next 5 hours moving the boys room. We switched their playroom to the bigger room to accommodate all the toys the boys have accumulated. I may still get another hour on the trainer later but if not oh well.

Until next time...

Do today what others won't, so tomorrow you can do what others can't.

Woke up tired...

After a long but very fun weekend visiting with old friends I was really tired this morning when i finally got out of bed and head to the Y for a swim.

Warm up
400 swim, 200 kick, 200 pull

Main set
8x50 first one was in 50 sec the rest between 42-45
500 yd swim easy 8:46
100 kick
2x250 forgot my times for these
500 swim was actually going to skip this and start my cool down but once I got going I decided to just do it and I'm glad I did, I hate cutting stuff out of my swim workouts.

Cool down
200 kick

Afterwards I went upstairs to lift but just did not have the energy or desire to do a hard workout, I ended up doing some bench presses and core work and cut it at 15 minutes. I'm going to run on the treadmill tonight after work since racing Wednesday morning so I'll lift tomorrow or Thursday instead.

Until next time...

Do today what others won't; so tomorrow you can do what others can't.

Training Week #9 - Tuesday Long Swim

Woke up feeling tired after my day yesterday, I rode 25 miles on my trainer last night before bed. Headed out to the Y for my weekly long swim, the schedule called for 2000 yds, but I knew going into it that I was going to push for 2250 with some extra laps on my warm up working on form. This is the workout I ended up doing.

Warm Up - 500 yards
200 Swim
200 Kick
100 Pull

Main Set - 1500 yards
500 Swim
400 Pull
300 Kick
200 Swim
100 Pull

Cool Down - 250 yards
150 Kick
100 Swim Easy

I started out slow but once I got threw the warm up I was ready to tackle the 500 yard swim. This would represent the longest continuous swim I have done to date and I was concerned I wouldn't be able to complete it with out having to stop. I used a trick I've often relied on when running long miles, I counted down the percentage completed as I ticked off the laps, 10%, 20% etc. and just focused on that. I like counting the percentage cause it forces you to forget about the actual distance or what you have left to complete, but keeps you focused on the positive of what you have already done. Another thing that was on the forefront of my mind was a recent blog post from Jeff Paul talking about fighting for one more round and pushing through those mental and physical hurdles you go through during training. Having just read this yesterday it really helped me mentally tackle this workout today and push to my highest swim total to date.

On deck for tonight a nice easy run and then a rest day tomorrow, thanks for reading...


Until next time...Do today what others won't, so tomorrow you can do what others can't.