Only training a few hours, but still short on time!?

Monday Day off
Tuesday 6.99 speedwork 6x800's; 1hr bike
Weds Swim 2600 in 1hr
Thursday Bike 1hr then a 1hr/6mi run
Friday was gonna swim...

How is it my training is so reduced yet I still don't seem to have time? Because I waste it. I get tired, sloppy, unplanned, and lose momentum. I just come to a near dead stop.

Which isn't all that bad during a taper. I'm not supposed to be running around stressed, tired, and go-go-go. But at the same time I'm not supposed to be rotting away doing nothing.

On the plus side, my mental fog is cleared. I was in a meeting this week and actually paid attention to what was being said. I was able to tolerate the longer days at work without suffering quite so much. I was awake through the day, but unfortunately awake into the night too. I'm not sleeping all that great. 10pm comes around and I'm still waiting to fall asleep.

I missed the usual Thursday run for sleeping in so the run was later after work. I was gonna run over lunch but didn't plan things right. The run through TGP was great though (saw AB riding home as I got started!). My tummy was too full of yogurt (I really gotta quit eating so much of that...) and my legs were sludgy, but it was a great run!! It felt so easy (but a little boring) and I tried to control the pace as practice for the upcoming race.

I had planned to run Friday morning, then it turned into the afternoon, then I ended up at work until 7pm. So no swimming for me. I tell myself I'll swim over the weekend. We'll see. I'm not so good about that. But I'd really like to get one more solid, confidence-building swim before the race.

The mental fog is clearing, but the physical fog is still being wiped away. Another week to go!