Super fast post here today, I'll recap the past few days...
Friday - Got in my swim in the morning, I felt pretty good and seem to have rediscovered my swim stroke that I had lost for the better part of the past month. I think it had something to do with work stress. I skipped my run, giving my right quad a bit of rest figuring that I would only do more harm than good.
Saturday - I was able to sleep in a bit before bringing my dog to the vet with "The Diva" at 8:30AM. Once home I was able to strap on my bike gear and head out for a frigid four hour ride. I rode from my home in Doylestown all the way up along the Delaware River to Lafayette College (my FIL Alma Mater). I stopped at a local bike shop to pick up some Gu Chomps and had to field a sales pitch. All in all my ride was 75 miles in right about 4:00:00. I was really beat, probably erred a bit on the fuel, should have eaten more before my ride. Immediately after the ride I put in a 30 minute run at about 8:10/mile pace. I am guessing though because my Garmin kept losing a GPS signal.
Sunday - thank God for turning the clocks back! I slept until 6:30AM, go up and was out on the road by 7:00AM to get in my two hour run. I was really hurting for the first three miles or so, running at about 8:40/mile pace. I turned it around for the last ten miles and brought my average pace down to about 8:33/mile. I ended up about 5 minutes short of two hours, only because I was going with the family to church. My right quad was a little sore, but no pain at all.
Monday - Day of Rest!!! I was a bit more sore than expected, but it went away as the day wore on.
Today - Feeling good! I put in 3,600m in the pool this morning and felt like I was swimming well. My main set was 5 x 400m and I was able to post negative splits on each successive 400M with an overall improvement of about 22 seconds from my first to my last. I have a 45 minute run planned for lunch time today, I am hoping to get out with some of my work friends.
That is it for now. Have a great day! Ciao!
My NEW journey to compete in Ironman Arizona...and hopefully KONA!
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