Week of 2/16/11

Wed.
Was tired today. Remember squatting down for something at work and being all light headed when standing up. The ride was good. Not that easy with the intervals worked in there.

Thursday
Went over to the gym after work and ran on the treadmill. It was really icy outside. Put the machine on random and ran over lots of hills. Did the 3x4 minute efforts. They felt pretty good. My hair was hanging in my face and driving me crazy.
Changed clothes and went over the the swim center for Masters swim. I have a lot of complaints to file with that pool. The lifeguards just sat there while we pulled all the lane lines down and set them up. The swim workout was hard. Not sure why I agonize over doing a 200 when I can go and swim 1500 straight on Sat. I think it was so quiet at the pool and hardly anybody there. Got in 3100 doing various sets of 400. Did some dolphin kicking and some flutter on my side to try to work on core.
Came home and worked on core for a little longer.
Tired.

Friday
Thank goodness for a rest day. Legs didn't really want to move. The accumulation of work and training on a Friday always exhausts me.

Sat.
Went to computrainer. Have a hard time staying focused on high cadence drills and 40k efforts, but was getting a little tired by the end. The 7x6 minute efforts were hard!! I decided I don't like looking at watts during intervals. The wattage seemed like it went down as the intervals went on. Added 500 calories of carborocket to my bottles this time. Need to have a timer or something to remind me to drink them. I am wondering if gels might be better because I would actually feel like I was eating something. Wacked the side of my knee on the metal edge of the trainer and it was hurting the whole time. Took me a while to put the two together. Cooled down. Drank a bottle of recovorite and headed to the pool
Did the swim workout. More complaints about the pool. No lane lines in the lap section and kept bumping my head on kids toys. Swim felt good again. My arms weren't like lead like they felt on Thursday. 1500 went well.

Sun
Storm blew in last night and it is only 3 degrees out today and snowing. Susan bless her heart texts me and says she will run on the treadmill with me. Susan it is a date. You are the greatest running partner ever.