Dragon AZ

RUN 6.6 miles in 55 mins, 8:24 pace
SWIM 1100y in 30 mins

Oooooh the fatigue is setting in. That brainless, heavy, don'twanna feeling only found in the peak weeks. Sad to say, this is only the first of peak weeks. I'm in a 17 now, then I have an 18:20, another 17, then a 19 to go. It's not helping that I still have not dedicated a day off after last Sunday's race. After today's workouts, I'm more convinced about doing so.

It was another one of those runs that I didn't think I could do, but did it anyway. I'm starting to think that my sleepy head is Blerching out these thoughts but isn't really convinced I'm going to fall for it. EK joined us, and her news of the day was that her AR team qualified for Nats!! I shared my Nats news, and high-5!

She and I ran the loop together with IT and DT peeling off early for their race on Saturday, and CS peeling off the front to go faster. EK is great to run with, always positive :)

I wanted to do 7 miles, and the plan called for a few 7 min intervals. Didn't happen. Off to the pool.

I drug my ass into the pool after dallying in the truck for awhile. (Remember EK's shirt today? Dragon AZ? LOL. That's me today. Draggin' ass. The pool seemed cold, and the super chatty woman was in her lane. After 10 mins of her talking about everything from her workout, her menopause, her mom's 10 kids, her sister's leukemia then breast cancer, her sister's 2nd husband, wholesome families and children, her old job at the day care....OMG....she really doesn't pick up on social cues. She's staring at the ceiling instead of my bored face. It's not even a conversation, it's just her talking. I try to be nice...but...

Once in the pool, I did my 400 swim and 200 kick. The Dragon AZ'd through 3 of the planned 8x250's. Then I quit. I felt miserable, hungry, cold, and unmotivated.

Walking into work, I wanted some fruit. Specifically strawberries. But I was too tired to walk to the cafeteria to get them! I'm barely awake enough to walk around, and I'm thinking about skipping lunch to buy a tent. I'm not at all packed for the weekend, and it seems like I have mountains to do outside of work and nothing to do at work. And I'd love a nap!