Back-to-back swims
Last week, my schedule (as messed up by Thanksgiving) called for back-to-back swims on Sunday and Monday. I was worried about doing that, and pretty exhausted from the weekend, so I re-arranged my whole schedule and made sure to get a day break between swims. Because I moved things around, and because I wanted to do that race on Saturday, it ended up that I had scheduled swims on Sunday and Monday again. This time, I was no chicken! I thought about it and realized that I run and bike on consecutive days sometimes, so there shouldn’t be any reason why I can’t do it swimming as well. Also, yesterday’s swim was mostly drills anyway and I’ve been feeling really good in the pool recently. So, this morning, I got to the pool bright and early and swam my 3,000 yards. It was tough, physically tougher even than last week, but thankfully it didn’t feel as long as last week. What I mean is that I struggled at times to keep my pace up, I took breaks between sets that were slightly longer than scheduled and my arms and legs were burning more than last week, but unlike last time I didn’t feel like I may as well have been swimming across the Atlantic. I guess that’s a positive outcome. The other nice thing was that the pool wasn’t really crowded. At times there were two people in my lane, but never 3 and rarely were there three in any lane.
I went back later today and lifted. Any strength work is good to do, even if my heart’s not really in it, and I’m rushing through.
Saturday and yesterday I had a little “twinge” in my right achilles. Given my history of injury there, I was a little concerned. But I stretched and have had a couple days without running. It feels fine today. I’ll just be careful on tomorrow’s run.
Swim – December 4
Distance: 3,000 yards
Time: 1:10
Strength Training – December 4
Time: 40 minutes