Between last Tuesday and today Tuesday --
I biked in Friday, ran 10 miles Saturday, biked Monday, ran and bike in today.
That's it.
My stomach was still upset last week -- the whole range with headache, fatigue, brain fog, gut pain (but no other gut symptoms), and just feeling awful. But not sick awful, more like depressed, underwater, unmotivated, cold. Yuck. Didn't help (or maybe it did) that it rained and kept me off the bike to rest. And I missed the group Thursday run too.
But I did get in 10.3 miles on Saturday in 1:44. I had a late start of 11am (can't remember why, but not because I had to be somewhere). My energy was flat but my hip hurt and my gut held up.
Just unremarkable lately. I'm supposed to mail the Golden Garmin back for exchange, guess I'll get to that here soon. I have appt with PHG next Monday for hip. And I'm thinking I need to clean up the diet to stop these episodes I'm having. A trip home shouldn't leave me down for 7-10 days. What I don't know is -- should I do an intro reset? I've come up with some fancy idea because I already have so much food at home, that being start on the April full moon on the 11th. LOL'ingly, that's also Passover, an 8-day festival celebrating rebirth and emancipation from slavery, with dietary restrictions to boot. Start the intro on the 11th? And/or just stop buying banned foods and transition over to cleaner? Is the starvation/intro step critical for me? Ugh.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
First Spring run
Tuesday RUN 5 miles in just under 50 mins, ave HR 123
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
First day of spring yesterday, and it was 79F on my kitchen window thermometer! But I didn't stop to enjoy it much aside from a walk in Elkhart IL yesterday on my drive. Nice town, soooo tiny!
This morning cool but calm. I overdressed of course and was happy with it. I think I ate too much too, 2 yolks some carrots and some butter, but then I nom'd more steamed veg. Shoulda stopped without the extra veg.
The run energy was flat, and I'm blaming it on fatigue from being up late Sunday helping Mic and Steve then traveling most of yesterday. The flat energy, mild headache, and cravings all indicate that I just need to get caught up.
I called PHG today for an appt for the left hip. April 3rd. I didn't go with Dr M because I don't think it's an injury. But I could back track on that idea.
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
First day of spring yesterday, and it was 79F on my kitchen window thermometer! But I didn't stop to enjoy it much aside from a walk in Elkhart IL yesterday on my drive. Nice town, soooo tiny!
This morning cool but calm. I overdressed of course and was happy with it. I think I ate too much too, 2 yolks some carrots and some butter, but then I nom'd more steamed veg. Shoulda stopped without the extra veg.
The run energy was flat, and I'm blaming it on fatigue from being up late Sunday helping Mic and Steve then traveling most of yesterday. The flat energy, mild headache, and cravings all indicate that I just need to get caught up.
I called PHG today for an appt for the left hip. April 3rd. I didn't go with Dr M because I don't think it's an injury. But I could back track on that idea.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Week summary, trip home for all the birthdays
Weds NOTHING! Icy, drove in
Thursday RUN 54 mins and 6.3 mi, no HR data
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
Friday SWIM 48 mins and 2000y
Saturday RUN 70 mins and 7.1 miles, ave HR 132
Sunday RUN 80 mins and 8 miles, ave HR 129
Monday nothing
Another ketch-up post.
The weather finally turned more favorable on Thursday, I was able to bike in and Puppy was happy. For the run, I wore the HR strap but it slipped down my torso early and after a mile of trying to fix it I gave up. Cadence lock.
Friday was one of those almost-didn't-happens. I woke up to rain and when walking the dog there was thunder. This means the pool was probably going to be closed. So I changed my plans, dropped the dog off first then went to Target for some bday shopping. The whole time, I was looking ahead to the drive north to home, waiting for my overfilled tummy to settle, and thinking about the swim. Would I, or wouldn't I? I left Target and headed east on Chippewa....came to the Macklind intersection...turned left!...and went to the pool!! Joke of the day on the dry erase board -- something about a grape wining about not achieving grapeness, haha! My swim was a WU then 6x150 alternating hard/easy/hard and easy/hard/easy. I did the latter with the pool buoy. True to the Suit Up, Show Up, Something Will Happen I ran into SamM finishing her swim as I was starting :) The swim felt good, not sure the 'hard' was fast but it was 'harder'. And my meditation goal for the day was water. Fitting, with the rain, the swim, and then as a topper I noted that three of the pool exercise balls stacked in the rack near the deep and were arranged as a water molecule. Two red hydrogens and one yellow oxygen!
Saturday was one of those runs in which there was a stiff, cold, western wind. Meaning that if I ran up the road I'd have 22 mins of tailwind, 20-ish mins of cross wind, then 22 mins of headwind. Yuck. And my stomach was blurby from eating too much of sis's cabbage last night! So I decided to map this run to make me happy. Usually I tell myself to Suck It Up and Embrace The Suck. But this time I ran out a mile, turned back, and did a total of 3 such loops. Warm, cold, warm, cold, warm, cold, with many threatening and gassy blurps. I started in the dark but eventually the sun came up, meaning that a bad blurp could lead to an exposed....ah....GI dump? Thankfully I didn't have to do that. I was able to have my dump (a T6) after stretching. Yay.
Sunday I waited later in the morning and there was only a mild SSE wind. Part way in I got a text but ignored it. Did the full "T" to get 8 miles. Got home, saw the text was invitation to join Jess at church. HURRY!
Both runs felt great, kept them purposefully EASY. And the HR reflects it.
As for my left hip, time to call for an eval. It hurt to run, to sit, to drive, to lie down. Ugh.
NUMERICS
Swim 3600 yards
Bike commute 9.2 miles
Run 27.4 miles
Thursday RUN 54 mins and 6.3 mi, no HR data
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
Friday SWIM 48 mins and 2000y
Saturday RUN 70 mins and 7.1 miles, ave HR 132
Sunday RUN 80 mins and 8 miles, ave HR 129
Monday nothing
Another ketch-up post.
The weather finally turned more favorable on Thursday, I was able to bike in and Puppy was happy. For the run, I wore the HR strap but it slipped down my torso early and after a mile of trying to fix it I gave up. Cadence lock.
Friday was one of those almost-didn't-happens. I woke up to rain and when walking the dog there was thunder. This means the pool was probably going to be closed. So I changed my plans, dropped the dog off first then went to Target for some bday shopping. The whole time, I was looking ahead to the drive north to home, waiting for my overfilled tummy to settle, and thinking about the swim. Would I, or wouldn't I? I left Target and headed east on Chippewa....came to the Macklind intersection...turned left!...and went to the pool!! Joke of the day on the dry erase board -- something about a grape wining about not achieving grapeness, haha! My swim was a WU then 6x150 alternating hard/easy/hard and easy/hard/easy. I did the latter with the pool buoy. True to the Suit Up, Show Up, Something Will Happen I ran into SamM finishing her swim as I was starting :) The swim felt good, not sure the 'hard' was fast but it was 'harder'. And my meditation goal for the day was water. Fitting, with the rain, the swim, and then as a topper I noted that three of the pool exercise balls stacked in the rack near the deep and were arranged as a water molecule. Two red hydrogens and one yellow oxygen!
Saturday was one of those runs in which there was a stiff, cold, western wind. Meaning that if I ran up the road I'd have 22 mins of tailwind, 20-ish mins of cross wind, then 22 mins of headwind. Yuck. And my stomach was blurby from eating too much of sis's cabbage last night! So I decided to map this run to make me happy. Usually I tell myself to Suck It Up and Embrace The Suck. But this time I ran out a mile, turned back, and did a total of 3 such loops. Warm, cold, warm, cold, warm, cold, with many threatening and gassy blurps. I started in the dark but eventually the sun came up, meaning that a bad blurp could lead to an exposed....ah....GI dump? Thankfully I didn't have to do that. I was able to have my dump (a T6) after stretching. Yay.
Sunday I waited later in the morning and there was only a mild SSE wind. Part way in I got a text but ignored it. Did the full "T" to get 8 miles. Got home, saw the text was invitation to join Jess at church. HURRY!
Both runs felt great, kept them purposefully EASY. And the HR reflects it.
As for my left hip, time to call for an eval. It hurt to run, to sit, to drive, to lie down. Ugh.
NUMERICS
Swim 3600 yards
Bike commute 9.2 miles
Run 27.4 miles
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
...the thrush that awakes at day-break...sings because it is happy...
…the
thrush that awakes at day-break with its song, does not sing because it is paid
to sing, or to please others, or to be admired or criticised. It sings because it is happy; it pours
the thrilling sounds from its throat, to relieve the overflowings of its own heart—
William Hazlitt 1818
RUN 6 miles in 60 mins, ave HR 133
No bike commute, still icy
Over the weekend I heard a quote from a Buddha podcast about how a bird that sings isn't singing to please others or make money, rather it's singing because it has a song. And in that moment I realized why I'm not excited to race yet this year. I'm too focused on the end, the finish line, the 'fortune and glory' of my races. It's an output of last year's "gotta finish the 100" feeling. I got focused on the goal, the finish, the accomplishment, and lost sight of the fact that I love to run! I love the purpose, the planning, the tidbits, the social, the different venues.
So with that, it seems like a clog broke for me. And suddenly I'm interested in training plans, races, and planning with my Excel spreadsheets.
Yesterday a lot of planning started to fall into place. My goals became more concrete: 100k, 70.3, and what might be my birthday race -- a 50M/50k weekend challenge in Wisconsin! And finisher's get pajama pants! WHOOP!
Yesterday I started a spreadsheet, last night I penciled in changes, today I updated and color coded my weeks. I have penciled in -- a 6hr overnight race (Dark2Dawn), a 100k (Shawnee Hills), two 70.3 races (Rt 66 and the new Litchfield), and the grand-daddy 50/50 (Wedel Farms). Not sure about both 70.3 races -- it makes for a messy schedule.
But if I stay focused on my endurance, low HR, and get back to bike and swim I can pull this off.
BUT -- first things first here. I have two somewhat major body issues. First off I've been slacking on my strength training and I can feel the weakness and stiffness in my back. I thought I was doing as Tom says "embrace your car", but in doing so I lost sight of "...for the rest of your life". In talking to him Saturday, I learned that I do need to embrace your car and drive the hell out of it but I have to take care of it everyday.
Second, my left hip. I gotta admit, this isn't getting better. Hard to say if it's getting worse. Today while running it was a constant nag. It's somewhere between really bad discomfort and pain. Hell, just sitting here I'm aware of it. It's kinda like a super tight muscle. It aches -- sometimes not just the hip but down into the quad and femur and sometimes the calf. Many options for what's going on. Nerve? That might explain the whole leg, pulsing, random problem but I don't have other nerve symptoms. Tight connective or muscle? This would explain the quad/femur/kinetic chain effect, and it would explain the alternating good and bad days. Some days more loose than others?
But I can't explain why sitting still and even more confusing lying in bed can be so uncomfortable! Not moving at all, the pain will come and go. It's doing that right now.
In the run today, I was 90% resolved to call Dr M. What is my hesitation for that? It's not like he won't believe me, like he'll think I'm nuts. But I do feel 'weak', like a complainer, like a problem child.
And finally, some numerics of the biomedical kind. At the health fair at work: 118 pounds, 9.5% BF, 11.5lbs body fat, and my right arm is 0.3lbs heavier than my left. And it wasn't the Garmin, haha!
Monday, March 13, 2017
Suit up, show up, something with happen -- tjd
SWIM 1600y in 45 mins
Snow, so no bike
Tom said the above -- so with that in mind (and the reward of pork rinds if I did the full 45 mins...my carrots are a little different!) I suited up and showed up. Unlike last week!
But to my dismay they were refilling the pool or something so it was cold at the shallow end, hotter about 1/3 of the length in, then comfortable the rest of the way. So a full round trip would be cool, hot, comfy, turn, comfy, COLD, cold. It was terribly distracting. And hit the body hard as it was kind of a shock to hit the cold spot. The temp changes were made worse for me by the relative temps -- not sure I'm explaining this correctly. It was also like going into and out of AC and heat really fast, except water has a bigger effect than air. Ugh, so bad I was resting in the deep end where the water was warm. When I left the pool was empty, and Anton said others were unhappy too. Ah well. It's Done! I did a WU then 5x200 as pull-swim-pull-swim with each 200 focused on one drill. As much as I could focus on a drill with that distraction.
Snow! A very pretty snow too, driving by TGP was a treat. The trees and ground were coated with a sticky clean snow that was gone by the end of the day. There's some major weather system in the northeast, a n'oreaster or something like that, and the Weather Channel is making up stuff about a Bomb-something storm system. Why do I click on those stupid videos?!
Snow, so no bike
Tom said the above -- so with that in mind (and the reward of pork rinds if I did the full 45 mins...my carrots are a little different!) I suited up and showed up. Unlike last week!
But to my dismay they were refilling the pool or something so it was cold at the shallow end, hotter about 1/3 of the length in, then comfortable the rest of the way. So a full round trip would be cool, hot, comfy, turn, comfy, COLD, cold. It was terribly distracting. And hit the body hard as it was kind of a shock to hit the cold spot. The temp changes were made worse for me by the relative temps -- not sure I'm explaining this correctly. It was also like going into and out of AC and heat really fast, except water has a bigger effect than air. Ugh, so bad I was resting in the deep end where the water was warm. When I left the pool was empty, and Anton said others were unhappy too. Ah well. It's Done! I did a WU then 5x200 as pull-swim-pull-swim with each 200 focused on one drill. As much as I could focus on a drill with that distraction.
Snow! A very pretty snow too, driving by TGP was a treat. The trees and ground were coated with a sticky clean snow that was gone by the end of the day. There's some major weather system in the northeast, a n'oreaster or something like that, and the Weather Channel is making up stuff about a Bomb-something storm system. Why do I click on those stupid videos?!
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Week Summary, missed my swims!
Tuesday RUN 6.35 miles in 1:02
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2
Wednesday BIKE COMMUTE 9.2
Thursday RUN 6.3 mils with DC and his intervals, 55 mins 8:44m/m
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
Friday BIKE COMMUTE 13.3 miles
Saturday rest
Sunday RUN 9.2 miles, work commute
You'll note that I'm missing the Weds and Fri swims. Just didn't have it in me to do them. Lazy? Tired? Cold outside....
But on Friday I did the YMCA bike route anyway, even though I didn't go into the YMCA. Super big headwind that day, the 9 miles to work was brutal.
Saturday was a full day at work, Skyped with Tom!
The Sunday run felt great, 4.3 to work then 4.6 home, all easy and with the HR strap so I'm getting gooder data. I see a brief high HR during the warm up then it drops into the 120's. Nice. Today was not only Daylight Savings but also a full moon!
Garmin has "opened a case" on the Garmin. Wonder how long that takes to resolve?
NUMERICS
Swim 1600 yards
Bike 52 miles
Run 21.8 miles
Guess it was a rest week?
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2
Wednesday BIKE COMMUTE 9.2
Thursday RUN 6.3 mils with DC and his intervals, 55 mins 8:44m/m
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
Friday BIKE COMMUTE 13.3 miles
Saturday rest
Sunday RUN 9.2 miles, work commute
You'll note that I'm missing the Weds and Fri swims. Just didn't have it in me to do them. Lazy? Tired? Cold outside....
But on Friday I did the YMCA bike route anyway, even though I didn't go into the YMCA. Super big headwind that day, the 9 miles to work was brutal.
Saturday was a full day at work, Skyped with Tom!
The Sunday run felt great, 4.3 to work then 4.6 home, all easy and with the HR strap so I'm getting gooder data. I see a brief high HR during the warm up then it drops into the 120's. Nice. Today was not only Daylight Savings but also a full moon!
Garmin has "opened a case" on the Garmin. Wonder how long that takes to resolve?
NUMERICS
Swim 1600 yards
Bike 52 miles
Run 21.8 miles
Guess it was a rest week?
Monday, March 6, 2017
Swim felt good!
SWIM 1600y in 45 mins
BIKE COMMUTE 11 miles
The lazy part of my mind tossed out the idea of skipping the swim so "I could rest" but I knew better than to fall for that banana in the tailpipe!
This swim felt good - 200S, 200P, 200K, 200S, then 200 choice backstroke and kickboard. MS was 6x {50 pull, 50 swim} each focused on a drill. Feel how it feels with the pull buoy then swim the same feeling. Drills were simple and basic: front quadrant, wide entry, head position, breathing.
I noted last week that my out of breath feeling is usually due to me running out of breath, not running out of muscle. My ME is weak, but that's not my primary reason.
Left hip still feels good!
BIKE COMMUTE 11 miles
The lazy part of my mind tossed out the idea of skipping the swim so "I could rest" but I knew better than to fall for that banana in the tailpipe!
This swim felt good - 200S, 200P, 200K, 200S, then 200 choice backstroke and kickboard. MS was 6x {50 pull, 50 swim} each focused on a drill. Feel how it feels with the pull buoy then swim the same feeling. Drills were simple and basic: front quadrant, wide entry, head position, breathing.
I noted last week that my out of breath feeling is usually due to me running out of breath, not running out of muscle. My ME is weak, but that's not my primary reason.
Left hip still feels good!
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Running, strapped.
Saturday RUN 6.3 miles in 57 mins. Ave HR 151
BIKE 6.8 miles TGP loop and two errands
Sunday RUN 10 miles in 1:44, ave HR 131, to work and back.
Saturday I started out at work then did the FoPa loop ahead of the Frontrunner's meeting. I haven't mentioned this yet but I did find my old Garmin HR strap and put a new battery in. Happily it works! So this is my first run with the new Garmin being tested with a strap for HR.
Started out and I thought the strap would override the optical. Nope, or at least I don't think so. I got buzzed for high HR. Turn off optical. Reset. Go. More buzz. Stop. Turn off alarm. Reset. Go. Ugh.
Once that was all out of the way I just tried to forget about it and run. I realized that my shiny new toy was taking some of the fun away from running, but that's only because I'm letting it do that.
The run felt forced I don't know that I ever really settled in? My mind was on the upcoming meeting, but my goal was to be Mindful of Training (one of my new Mindful March goals) so it was a 'wander away, reel it in' exercise too.
My left hip still hurting, I'm stretching and foam rolling and wondering what to do. The afternoon bike ride was 'just because'. Too nice outside, had stress to alleviate, and so I did a TGP loop before a stop at library and Jay.
Sunday I opted to run to work, even though I had doubts about the hip. The run felt great! Kept it easy, better focus than yesterday, and less forced. And to my surprise, the rest of the day (and still into Monday as I type) my hip feels better?! Huh!?
Numerics - haven't done these in a while!
SWIM 3500y
BIKE (all commute) 63.4 miles
RUN 28.6 miles -- last few weeks all 22 and under.
BIKE 6.8 miles TGP loop and two errands
Sunday RUN 10 miles in 1:44, ave HR 131, to work and back.
Saturday I started out at work then did the FoPa loop ahead of the Frontrunner's meeting. I haven't mentioned this yet but I did find my old Garmin HR strap and put a new battery in. Happily it works! So this is my first run with the new Garmin being tested with a strap for HR.
Started out and I thought the strap would override the optical. Nope, or at least I don't think so. I got buzzed for high HR. Turn off optical. Reset. Go. More buzz. Stop. Turn off alarm. Reset. Go. Ugh.
Once that was all out of the way I just tried to forget about it and run. I realized that my shiny new toy was taking some of the fun away from running, but that's only because I'm letting it do that.
The run felt forced I don't know that I ever really settled in? My mind was on the upcoming meeting, but my goal was to be Mindful of Training (one of my new Mindful March goals) so it was a 'wander away, reel it in' exercise too.
My left hip still hurting, I'm stretching and foam rolling and wondering what to do. The afternoon bike ride was 'just because'. Too nice outside, had stress to alleviate, and so I did a TGP loop before a stop at library and Jay.
Sunday I opted to run to work, even though I had doubts about the hip. The run felt great! Kept it easy, better focus than yesterday, and less forced. And to my surprise, the rest of the day (and still into Monday as I type) my hip feels better?! Huh!?
Numerics - haven't done these in a while!
SWIM 3500y
BIKE (all commute) 63.4 miles
RUN 28.6 miles -- last few weeks all 22 and under.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Friday swim and bike
SWIM I think 1800 yards in 45 mins?
BIKE COMMUTE 11 miles
Typing this in after the weekend. Why am I typing it at all if I don't remember it?
BIKE COMMUTE 11 miles
Typing this in after the weekend. Why am I typing it at all if I don't remember it?
Thursday, March 2, 2017
When CRISPR and running come together
RUN 6.3 miles in 57 mins, heck with the Garmin it tracked cadence. Again.
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
Ran with two other science nerds and by mile 2 we were talking about CRISPR/Cas. Loved it! But since I haven't heard the reference podcast yet I stayed out of it and let the young'uns talk while I ran slightly ahead of them.
I love hearing them talk about everything they're learning about running and training and triathlon and racing. That used to be me! Hope to get that energy back soon.
Met another runner at the end, he ran in group ahead of mine, who had Fenix 3. He suggested tightening my watch more.
BIKE COMMUTE 9.2 miles
Ran with two other science nerds and by mile 2 we were talking about CRISPR/Cas. Loved it! But since I haven't heard the reference podcast yet I stayed out of it and let the young'uns talk while I ran slightly ahead of them.
I love hearing them talk about everything they're learning about running and training and triathlon and racing. That used to be me! Hope to get that energy back soon.
Met another runner at the end, he ran in group ahead of mine, who had Fenix 3. He suggested tightening my watch more.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Mindful March, Morning WIN
SWIM 1700 yards in 45 minutes
BIKE COMMUTE 13.25 miles, maybe more if I get time
I don't get into it here, but the last two days were really rough. Super low energy, no motivation, like living in sludge. Actually kinda like living in a bonk, that feeling I'd get in which I don't want to stand, sit, sleep, rest, get up, nothing. Like I just want to flip a switch and turn off for a period of time. Last night after dinner though I started feeling much better. So. Gotta wonder. If the low carb test needs to be adjusted. I did my 10 mile run Sunday and it's possible that it took until now to recover? I like to test things, guess this will be another test.
No Fruit February is done but will continue into March as a Fruit In Recipes Only test. No more bowls of berries and orange grabs. I know fruit was having an effect on my gut and cravings, but I miss it and just need to figure out my tolerance limits. Today my reward for this is buttery scrambled eggs with chopped dates and cinnamon. Half this morning, half tonight to really extend it.
I stuck to schedule and didn't skip the pool today. Arrived on time, overhead an employee of the Y say something remarkably insensitive about Ash Weds (he didn't like them 'walking around with that schmutz on their face, just wipe that shit off'....oh yeah I send an email to the Y about that), jumped in a lane with PG, and started off on my training plan for the morning. WU with 300 swim and 300 kick, then 6x100 of a 2-2-2 descending (2 at easy, 2 more less easy, 2 more least easy pace), then 6x50 the same. Thing is, I work harder but not faster!! So it's less easy but more messy.
One of my March goals is to get more Mindful. Today the roll was for water -- pay attention to the feel, sound, role it plays in life, etc. I realized while swimming that Ulmo probably never conceived of water being contained in a pool for the purposes of swimming.
My 100's were around 2 minutes, the 50's just barely under 1 minute. The fastest was 55 seconds. I found that a longer rest gave better form. No surprise there.
SUPER windy today, lots of storms last night (including tornadoes in Ottawa!) and left over from that is a strong west wind. Yay -- TAILWIND for the ride home.
BIKE COMMUTE 13.25 miles, maybe more if I get time
I don't get into it here, but the last two days were really rough. Super low energy, no motivation, like living in sludge. Actually kinda like living in a bonk, that feeling I'd get in which I don't want to stand, sit, sleep, rest, get up, nothing. Like I just want to flip a switch and turn off for a period of time. Last night after dinner though I started feeling much better. So. Gotta wonder. If the low carb test needs to be adjusted. I did my 10 mile run Sunday and it's possible that it took until now to recover? I like to test things, guess this will be another test.
No Fruit February is done but will continue into March as a Fruit In Recipes Only test. No more bowls of berries and orange grabs. I know fruit was having an effect on my gut and cravings, but I miss it and just need to figure out my tolerance limits. Today my reward for this is buttery scrambled eggs with chopped dates and cinnamon. Half this morning, half tonight to really extend it.
I stuck to schedule and didn't skip the pool today. Arrived on time, overhead an employee of the Y say something remarkably insensitive about Ash Weds (he didn't like them 'walking around with that schmutz on their face, just wipe that shit off'....oh yeah I send an email to the Y about that), jumped in a lane with PG, and started off on my training plan for the morning. WU with 300 swim and 300 kick, then 6x100 of a 2-2-2 descending (2 at easy, 2 more less easy, 2 more least easy pace), then 6x50 the same. Thing is, I work harder but not faster!! So it's less easy but more messy.
One of my March goals is to get more Mindful. Today the roll was for water -- pay attention to the feel, sound, role it plays in life, etc. I realized while swimming that Ulmo probably never conceived of water being contained in a pool for the purposes of swimming.
My 100's were around 2 minutes, the 50's just barely under 1 minute. The fastest was 55 seconds. I found that a longer rest gave better form. No surprise there.
SUPER windy today, lots of storms last night (including tornadoes in Ottawa!) and left over from that is a strong west wind. Yay -- TAILWIND for the ride home.
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