Finally!
After what seemed like a week of sub-par exercise, I finally had a really good workout. Because we don’t have any plans tonight, I decided to sleep in a bit this morning and work out after work. I left work around 6:45 and hit the pool, fearing that it would be totally packed. I got there and there was only one other person in the pool. Today was my “distance” workout, so I warmed up with 300 freestyle, then 300 leg bouy. By the time I’d gotten through those, the pool was pretty crowded, so I decided to skip the kickboard and went straight to my long sets. I did 500, 400, 200, 200, then cooled down with a final 200. That should add up to 2,100. I felt great in the water – I certainly wasn’t breaking any records, but I felt fairly quick and efficient and definitely could have gone further. After my swim, I did a few minutes of core and some lunges and called it a night.
Tomorrow, I’m running with Ron at 6:30. Elizabeth and I met Ron, strangely enough, in Santorini, Greece last September. We had stayed at the same hotel and were headed to Mykonos in the same airport shuttle. We quickly discovered that we live literally blocks away from each other. We hung out a bit in Mykonos and have been friends ever since. He’s a dedicated runner and we’ve been running together pretty much since last year. We run about once a week together and also meet up for NY Road Runner races. He’s been a great friend and running partner.
Swim – October 3
Distance: 2,100 yards