And today I feel like…
Crap. I’m not sure why, but I have tons of ideas. First the positives: I ate a good dinner after my run and slept well last night. Now the “negatives”: I must have had two dozen cookies yesterday, I stayed up pretty late playing with Charlie and hanging out with Elizabeth, I haven’t had a day off in over two weeks and most days have either been one very intense session or two moderate sessions, and I did run over 11 miles last night. I’m not sure which of those things is causing me to feel like this, they’re probably all equal contributors. How do I feel? My legs are a little achy (though nothing serious – last night after my run my achilles was really tight and I was nervous, but it feels fine today), my back is sore, I have a little headache, and I’m tired all over. And I need to swim 3,100 this afternoon. Yipee!! (I’m writing this paragraph in the morning and will finish this entry after my swim this evening.)
Well, thank goodness that’s over. I did the entire scheduled swim – 3,100 yards – but it was not enjoyable one bit. I was tired and sore and could feel that my stroke was shortened. A sane person probably would have either slowed down considerably or just called it a day. Me, no way. Especially not this week. As I’ve mentioned about a thousand times, this is my biggest week of training yet, so I’m not skimping unless I absolutely have to. In addition to everything else, I didn’t really eat right today. Nice work, Josh. So, I didn’t have enough energy and when I got out of the pool I was so hungry I thought I might pass out. I made up for that pretty quickly and have a nice stomach ache to show for it. Boy, am I ever a bundle of complaints!
It’s raining right now, but supposed to stop around midnight. Assuming it does stop, I’ll ride outside tomorrow. If the roads are wet and/or icy, I’m on the trainer for four long hours. Again, I’ve been saving stuff up on Tivo, just in case. It’s actually supposed to be sorta nice tomorrow – 30’s, clear, without much wind. That’s not ideal, but would be good enough!
Bike – February 2
Time: 1:00
Average heart rate: 120
Indoor ride
Swim – February 2
Time: 1:15
Distance: 3,100