10.00 miles and 1000 yards

RUN: 10 miles in 1:35. First 2.9 miles at 10m/m, last 7.1 at 9:18
SWIM: 1000 y as 2x [1 lap-2-lap-3 lap-4 lap]

I know I keep saying this, but what a beautiful morning. We started with the sun on the way up, warm mid-70's, potential for rain in the forecast....

It was a small group today, LC JF and new Club member DH. With pretty much everyone but me racing this weekend, I'm happy anyone showed up at all. They wanted an easy 3, so we ran out backwards (I know--crazy right?!) from our usual way to the bridges around the water and back.

I had only planned on doing a total of 7 miles today, not another loop of the park and certainly not extra on top of that to hit an even 10 miles. Does this count as a WazGonna? Or maybe a WaznGonna? Song in my head was George Strait's It Just Comes Natural.

I went to work, started an assay, then went for a swim during a long incubation. And here is where the day gets more memorable.

I hadn't eaten much before the swim. In fact, I probably should have really focused on eating more. But I didn't want a fully tummy to be an excuse for skipping the swim, and I didn't think it would be 2.5 hrs between the run and the swim. So by the time I got to the pool I was in a daze. I dressed up then rinsed off in the shower for about ... oh... 5-10 minutes? I just stood there. No motivation to leave. I occurred to me that I could just strip the suit off and leave (I didn't have to swim) but I knew that would disappoint me in the end. Eventually I turned off the shower and went to the pool deck.

The water felt really cool after a hot soak in a shower. HTFU and get in!

I didn't have a huge plan for the swim, it's probably better if I did have one. Anyway, I decided to do a lap count ladder and focus on one thing in each "rung". Not surprisingly, I kept dazing out during the swim. It's probably good that I didn't go over 4 laps because by the end of that I wouldn't have been paying attention anyway. I hung on the wall a few times to rest, with my head completely unengaged.

While it's probably a great idea to run yourself low now and then to see how it feels and test recovery, maybe swimming isn't the place to do it. Especially when the lifeguard is watching a class of "bobbers" that is usually more of a risk than I am!

But I'm glad the swim is done, very happy I went.