AUGUST!!!!

SWIM: 2100m in 60 mins
RUN: 7 miles in 62:53 mins (squeaked in under 63)

Back to back swimming is not something I do very often. But I run or bike back-to-back, so why not? Answer--because my form falls off faster in the swim when I'm tired. But today wasn't so bad, compared to yesterdays 2000m in 75 mins, and today had 300m kicking. Maybe I miscounted yesterd?

I felt sloppy and slow. I captured the time on one 100 and got 2:27 :( but they weren't all that bad. I'm finding that my form fades off in longer sets. And no cramping--yea!

The run was right after the swim. My body does not need a run in 107F heat index. Plan was 10m WU then 40 mins of 5 mins half-mary pace, 5 mins cruise, then CD. I wasn't entirely sure what cruise was. Should have asked. So I did a "what I'd like to do for half-mary" then HIM pace. I programmed the session into the Training Center, and TC said it send the workout to the garmin...but it wasn't there this morning. nuts. So here's how it went:

Lap Info: shown is pace min/mile (HM=half mary; C=cruise)
WU 9:45
HM 8:09
C 9:05
HM 7:44 on flats--WOW
C 8:52
HM 8:39 up Skinker hill
C 9:04
HM 8:04
C 10:22 had to walk 3 times, getting sick to stomach
HM 8:27 one last effort, but fading
CD 10:12

My best half mary pace is something like a 8:50-8:55 pace. Today's paces were probably closer to a 10K pace, or who knows they could be what I could run a half-mary at if I kept training like this? Too bad to HR data, but I can say by the last 8:04 and 8:27 intervals my HR was HIGH. I was probably going to fast, but as for form it felt really good. And the run was in the Kinvaras with no foot pain at all, used to be 40 mins in my toes would start to go numb. Interesting finding! Is it the new running form, the shoes, or have my feet strengthened?