RUN: 6.6 miles in 56.5 minutes, right around 8:30 m/m pace
SWIM: 1500y in 43 mins, right around too-damned-slow pace, 10x150's
Beautiful, warm, muggy morning. When spring sprung it did a good job.
It seems every time I drive into the parking lot for this run, a part of my mind starts finding potential reasons as to why I could be slow. Today was no different, with my brain adding up Tuesday's and Wednesday's hours, only to realize that a few hours of quality work shouldn't change too much. Suck it up, buttercup.
And in the end, it was still a quick run. I'm looking forward to when the 8:30 m/m is easy again. In all honesty, it's not that today was hard. It's more like the pace is hard to hold when running alone, and I'm struggling to get back to that point again. Patience!
The swim was about 45 mins after the run, too much time as I was slacking and talking, but plenty of time to recover from the run. I didn't have huge goals. Hell, I'm happy that I'm getting my ass to the pool! D said he swam a 7100y yesterday at a 1:35/100y pace, and the old guy sharing the lane with me (swimming with a noodle and a kickboard) flanked me with a wide spectrum of abilities. Where I was years ago--struggling to swim from one end to the other. And where I hope to be someday--able to crank out major yardage at a fast clip. I was able to crank out the yardage last year, but never at that pace. I'm not sure I ever will, but it's something to aspire to.
I've been thinking about my lat muscles during the P90X, how to build and engage them. And today in the pool I felt stronger. Is that the P90X talking?
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