Funny way to gain confidence March 19, 2006
Posted by clayton in : workout , add a commentToday, I woke up at 7:15am and I was like, "HOLY CRAP!!! I'm gonna be late…" the morning swim starts at 7:30 but before that, we have to run 3km so it starts at about 7:45~50. I got my butt out of bed, got ready in 5min and went out the door around 7:20. Got to the pool at 7:40 and ran 3km in a hurry and I made it on time. I didn't have a trainer ride or a run either but went for another swim in the afternoon.
The morning swim: This is when I gained confidence. 200m warm up and then kick. It was 2000m for the fast ones but I was told to stop when they finish. I did 1500m, so, that means I could take a kick board to the tri and kick the whole 1500m, right? Well, the waves may bother me but still possible. When I feel like stopping, I could just say, 'wait a minute, I kicked 1500m that Saturday…blah blah' hehe. Then came 2sets of 25m*10scarling(0:40)+pull 25m*8(0:30)+pull 50m*8(1:00), 25m*4 sprints, 100m cool down. Total of 3600m…It was only 9:30am and I was dead, hehe.
The afternoon swim: Man, I slept like 3hrs before the swim and I was still tired. The coach told us that we're gonna be doing some speed practice so we wouldn't swim as much. But I got to the pool and for some reason, the coach smiled and handed the workout plan to me. The first thing I did was look at the bottom of the paper where it says TOTAL. This time, it said TOTAL4100M. It reminded me, I'm swimming with the faster guys…Not as much meant 2000m only two days ago, hehe. 400m warm up, 2sets of 25m*10(0:40)+25m*12 pull(0:30)+50m*8 swim(1:00), 200m*6(4:00), 25m*4sprints(2:00), 50m*2sprints(4:00), 25m*4sprints(1:30), 200m cool down. Total of 4000m, I missed out on the scarling part, 2 for each set. 7600m for today…wow, feels so unreal.
Tomorrow: I think I'll take it easy. Definately have a trainer ride but maybe focus on form. Have a run too but don't know how long. Monday and Tuesday is gonna be a deadly day, the pool is closed to public but opened for the swimmers=4000m+swim…ewww. Let's say, I'm not chicken enough to take a day off, hehe.