Another day indoors

RUN: 45 mins, 5 miles on a treadmill
SWIM: 45 mins, 1800y as 100y intervals

I really need to pay more attention to the ILV YMCA pool schedule when I go. I felt like such a sleep-in slacker when I left the house at almost 9am to go to the pool, only to get to the pool and see that the lights weren't even on yet! The pool didn't open until 9:30. So instead of swimming first, I ran first.

It was a dry, warm day out but I hate running in the short city blocks when I want to get sustained intervals in. I could have drive to a park with a trail, but that would have really decreased the likelihood of getting a swim done. So I stayed and treadmilled.

Treadmills aren't all bad. It does suck to have a TV screen shoved up into my face, but worse this time was the lack of air circulation and the heat. I love me some good sweating--makes the run feel like all the more work--but this was more than usual. It also sucks to have no change in scenery. But I can't complain, can I? I chose this!

So many times in the run after the 25 min mark I wanted to rest and walk. But something about doing a 50 miler messes that up for me, I tell myself that "I did 50 miles, I can do 5" and thusly the challenge with myself is ON. But by 40 mins I was counting the seconds, talking myself through it.

On to the swim, and at first there was a guy next to my lane with a IMWI swim cap. I was excited to ask him what year he raced (he did IMWI 10!) but now sitting here I think I've seen him before and asked the same question. Oh well.

This was my longest swim so far this year, and I can feel the swim coming back to me. I timed a non-raced non-sprinting 100y at 1:57, a huge improvement over the 2:11 of a few weekends ago. My endurance over 100y is still suffering, whether it's boredom or really fatigue is something to consider. I kept wanting to hang on the wall to rest, but just like in the run I kept myself going.

I'm enjoying this! I love being back in the saddle. Today in STL was the Vino Fondo, amazing how much I would have sucked at that right now.