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.