Swim & Chubb and &SUCCESS

SWIM ~50 mins and 2100y, 2x700
RUN ~3hrs and ~14 miles on the Chubb

I have a lot to say about today's training. Let's see if I can get it organized!

The swim. This was Thursday's swim, reschedule to Friday then rescheduled again to today. Moving this swim to before the run was a great idea! So I'm happy that I remained determined and not stubborn about getting it done on schedule. Saved time and energy. The swim went good, I slowed down to focus on my form - I'm still working on my dragging feet and vertical arm. At what point to I stop and get some lessons or coaching? The plan was a 3x700, I did what I could in the time allowed.

The run. This was nearly a Was Gonna! Can you believe that?! I LOVE the Chubb, but all day yesterday my mind kept looking for excuses to get out of it. I'd promised TV I'd join for a run, and there was a part of me that really wanted to go. But a competing part didn't want to be the slow zebra holding him up. Another part didn't think I could run the 15 miles. Another part was being a cold chicken. Wow, lots of Blerch voices! One excuse was that I had too much to do. Another was my pre-swim bloody nose. Another was that maybe my truck wouldn't start. WTH!?

I knew I could do it. I knew my legs might suffer but they'd survive. I knew TV was warned about my declining conditioning. And I knew the truck would start.

I felt much better about going by the time the morning rolled around. I just had a lot of weakness about it on Friday. Take that, Blerch!

The run did hurt. And it wasn't that cold. Actually by the time we turned around (cutting off the last mile because my feet were really hurting!) most of the snow had melted off the trail and I was able to take off the YakTrax, my major source of pain for the run. I was in a very upbeat mood, chatty and keeping the topic on good things. Sometimes I must be a real drag to run with, I can get whiny. But not today! Woot!

The post-run. My LW30 plans meant I brought a great recovery meal of a sweet potato pancake with almond butter and extra water. But my plans also had me being home around 2pm. Because I was feeling so good (as I was nicely fueled!) that I went to B-wood to run some errands instead of coming home. I figured I'd last another hour.

Silly me didn't take into account the Snowmageddon arriving tonight. B-wood took hours and I didn't get home until 4:30pm! I was out of water, but functioning until about 4pm when I started to crash. I came home, ate just a little, got so cold I needed a hot shower fast, then realized I was terribly dehydrated which led to my legs aching. DH had to walk the dog because I just couldn't do it, then we took off for groceries.

I'm terribly happy to say I followed my LW30 in spite of all this!!! I didn't munch, I didn't crash, I just kept plugging away and came home to a warm, templated dinner with DH. I usually gorge to sickness after a day like today, and I didn't! I felt great when I went to bed -- still dehydrated but satisfied.

Go me!!! I got my swim, I squashed The Blerch and ran, and I stuck to my goals in spite of how awful I felt :)