The long way home, 99%dead February 23, 2006
Posted by clayton in : workout , add a commentHad the usual day at school and came home at 4:30pm. Put some songs into my mp3 player so I could listen to them while running to the swimming pool. The plan was to run to the pool, swim and run back but the toughness wasn't what I imagined.
Run to the pool: 10km it is. I was worried if I'd get thirsty on the way, and I did but was able to hold it. I left home at 6:20pm because I don't know how long it'll take me and I got to the pool a little before 7:20pm, still have 40min!!! Sat down and quenched my thirst. This part was still the toughness that I imagined. 54'08.
The swim: It was a tough one for a Wednesday swim. Swam 2700m. 200m warm up, 50m*1scarling+100m*1forming 2sets, 50m*2 headup halfway and pull the way back. Then, the intervals. 400m*1 form(8:00), 200m*1 form(4:00), 200m*1 speed(3:30), 200m*1 form(4:00), 200m*1 speed(3:30), 200m*4 speed(3:45). That was a tough one for me. After that, 100m cool down.
The way back: This was a killer, absolutely the unexpected. I was okay until 6km but that last 4km really took the guts out of me. Probably because there were a lot of updowns. I drank 500ml of lemon tea after the run and was still thirsty. 1:02'25, that's a total of 1:56'33. Made me worry about the marathon coming up this weekend.
Tomorrow: School finishes early tomorrow so I'll jump on the trainer and do a brick or two. After that, comes the "Thursday killer swim." Damn, I've been having a lot of "killer" workouts these days…Amazingly, I'm still alive!!!