This is not going to be easy!
Today I have a ride and a swim scheduled. My weekday rides right now are scheduled to be 2 hours. Today, even with getting up at 6:10, I could only get in 1:20 and even with that I was a little late to work. I had also hoped to ride outside, but at 6:30 it was still pitch black outside and I really have no interest in riding in the dark! Instead, I rode inside and had a pretty good spin. I certainly don’t get my heart rate up as high as I do outside, but, like I’ve written before, riding indoors means that I’m actually spinning for the entire time (i.e. no coasting, no stopping at intersections, etc.). I’m not sure how I’ll be able to get a 2 hour ride in. If I got up before 6 and got on the bike by 6:15, I could do it and still stretch (quickly) and walk the dog and shower and get to work on time. Wow. And, if I do look for and find a new job, it’s unlikely that I’d be able to continue rolling in at 9:15 or 9:30, which will only make getting the ride in that much harder. I guess I can worry about that if/when it comes to be.
This afternoon, I swam. It was a really great swim. I did my “speed” workout, which meant the main set was 10×50 at a fairly quick pace with minimal (15 seconds) rest between sets. All in all, I swam 2100 yards. It felt really good and pretty easy. This weekend, the swim at Alcatraz will be a whole different world – cold water, longer swim, current, waves, crowds, etc. On the other hand, I’ll have adrenaline from the race and it is a friggin’ swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco! I’m sure it will be fine and bet it will be great.
Bike – October 11
Time: 1:21
Average heart rate: 121
Swim – October 11
Distance: 2100 yards