Today's workout:
Swim-90 minutes
Bike-75 minutes
Do you ever have the feeling that you've forgotten something? Well, I had that feeling all evening. I even double checked everything:
Eat dinner-check
Let the dogs out-check
Let the dogs in-check
Pack running stuff for tomorrow-check
Fold laundry-check
Recheck running stuff for tomorrow-check
Wash towels and swimsuit from this morning-check
Do dishes-check
Recheck to make sure I packed everything for running tomorrow-check
Check email and facebook-check
Watch Criminal Minds and Law and Order-check
One more check for tomorrow's running stuff bag-check
Shower-check
Pack lunch for tomorrow-check.
Yup, I thought everything was done. Until I was going to plug my phone in and go to bed. Checked my texts and there was a reminder...."Are you going to blog tonight?"
Ooops! I totally forgot to blog! That's the first time ever! I don't know how I forgot!
Well, my original blog title for tonight was, "I Swam The Distance!". This morning I actually swam the entire 2.4 mile distance for the first time! I was so happy-my lap counter ring is awesome. I started out swimming regularly, with a "sprint" (fast turtle) lap every five minutes.
That was all fine and dandy until a lady got in to share my lane. She had a snorkel, a mask, flippers, and the lap lane etiquette of a hippopotamus. She was doing some kind of modified breast stroke with her arms and legs and flippers flapping all over the lane. She must have been using the line on the bottom of the lane, which is in the middle of the lane, as her guide since she didn't need to come up for air because of the snorkel.
When I'd see that we were going to pass each other, I virtually swam under the lane line into the next lane to avoid getting hit. She nailed me at least three times. I thought, "This is good practice for the ironman since I know I'm going to be run over by swimmers during the race." But it did prevent me from doing the fast turtle laps, so I just tried to settle into a "comfortably hard" pace that I could maintain. It turned out to be a good idea. I was able to do the whole distance and still feel pretty strong at the end of the 90 minutes. I had to double check the number of laps as soon as I got out and when Kristi told me 77 was the distance I couldn't stop smiling because I'd done 78! I had trouble putting on my make-up because my eyes were all smooshed up with my huge grin!
I had some chia with my cereal this morning. I really feel like it's helping. Kristi and I are keeping the Calorie Counter this week. It's time to check our protein versus carb intake. And where most of our calories are coming from. Nutrition is so important at this point in the training. I asked my friend Andi who has completed two IM races what her best nutrition advice is, and she said to just experiment with the different bars and goos to find something that your stomach can handle. She also had a good idea, to find out what's going to be offered along the course on race day, to practice with those items too, so your body gets used to that stuff in case you forget or run out of your planned food. She also said to monitor fluid intake versus food intake on the bike portion to make sure it's balanced. Sounds like we're doing everything correctly so far!
I like that I can do the swim at 6:30 in the morning and still have plenty of energy to work a full day and the ride at night. I can definitely tell a difference in my overall endurance. Wayne and I were talking on the bike tonight and we both agree that the training is designed perfectly for us. It seems to be working very well so far!
The ride was awesome-it was in the 70s. Bonnie was able to ride tonight, after she had to miss last night's workout because of work. The four of us had a nice chill ride on a beautiful February evening.
Blog-check!
G'night!
M :)
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