Wednesday
Ran for 30 minutes right before swimming. Man it was cold out. My legs and face were so numb. Kind of ran in a state of numbness. Didn't eat before this either and think I might have been a little bonky. Kind of a surreal run.
Master's swim- forgot my suit and borrowed one that had a lot of drag. Did some stuff to get our 100 pace. Swam 3x300 and tried to keep the times within 15 seconds of each other. From that Claire calculated our 100 times and then we swam 4x100. I could swim the 300s faster than the 100s hmmm. Then on Sunday I swam the 100 20 seconds faster than the 100's this night. See Sunday for my theory on water temperature. Just makes me think that setting paces is kind of arbitrary. Anyway, it was a good workout. I think I got in 2700.
Thursday
Got to work early so left early to ensure I could get in a good workout. Rode the rollers and did the workout. Not much to say. Happy to organize my time to fit it in.
Friday
Swam in the MSU pool. 1200 straight and tried to really work on the flip turns. My new waterproof shuffle is awesome for long swims. If I am mentally there the swims are not too bad. I don't know why doing a 300 at Masters can be so torturous.
Ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes post swim. Again the music is great. I can really pick it up if the songs are good.
Saturday
Made it all the way to Moser Rd. It was ~ 9 miles of relentless uphill. Had to stop and catch my breath a lot. Felt good to get that far since a few weeks ago I couldn't make it. The snow was soft and not a lot of glide this time. Had to work a little or wouldn't go very fast on the downhill. Felt very worn out after that. Stopped and got a salty hot chocolate (we'll have to get one when you are in town) at Sola. Mmmmm. Ski took about 3 hours. Two hours up and one down.
Rode the rollers once I got home and recovered a little. Watched a movie and just tried to settle in. Try to keep my core really tight otherwise my arms sore and my pinkies go numb. Rode for ~75 minutes.
Found some new music to keep me entertained!
Sunday
Swam with Masters in the am. Lots of warm up then lots of fast. 2x200 fast, 2x150 fast, 2x100 fast and 2x50 fast. Each had a 100 easy between. Then we did a timed 500. In the long pool my time was 10:29. It was hard to really get after it after doing all those fast laps earlier. Was sore and tired from the ski the day before but felt really good in the water. Swimming muscles are not the same as skiing muscles. Also, one of the heaters is out at the long pool so the water was cooler. Usually I feel really heavy in that pool compared to swimming at MSU. Think it is the temp? MSU is usually a lot cooler.
Went on a run in the afternoon. John and Lisa went with me for ~45 minutes. It was snowing and cold. I'm glad they went otherwise I was having a hard time motivating. Felt really good and even felt strong on the pickups. It was really icy under the snow and took a pretty good digger. Lisa did the same on a giant sheet of ice. It looked painful. Once I got back and warmed up a little I was pretty worked. Something about running in the cold is very numbing. Stopped at 1:20 rather than 1:30.
Monday
Skied up Bozeman Cr. in the am. It was cold and in the shade my skis had no glide. Decided before the ski that I would get up to the bridge. It was a lot of work. Felt a little worked. Was really cold on the downhill. Am glad I went earlier than later. It is starting the get cold this afternoon.
Will go to yoga with Lisa and John in the pm
Feel pretty worked after the weekend. My back and arms are sore, probably from skiing.
Tuesday
Didn't realize I was going to have such a big day at work. Not sure if I will get the run in. Will make it to the pool regardless though.
Check out this video if you haven't already.
Good for a pre workout warm-up dance party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8
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