The only "during the week" big day...

On the training schedule, Saturdays and Sunday's are high volume training days, which is not a problem because I'm not working. But Tuesday's workouts are similar to a weekend workout, without the time.

I had an 1 hour run and a long swim of 3000 meters.

At the last minute yesterday, I found a pool that had enough lap swim time in the evening to allow me to do my long swim workout at night, as opposed to going at 5:45 am. I'm not a morning person.

It was an odd day. I was psyching myself out all day. I wasn't looking forward to the workouts, I was looking forward to finishing the workouts!

I kept thinking about the workouts and how I would feel after the swim. I've never done a 3000 meter straight freestyle swim for at least 10 years. The only swims I've been doing is with the swim club and the strokes change from drill to drill, and we don't do 3000 meters.

I pushed myself out the door on the run just after 6pm. To my SURPRISE, my heart rate was low...I was able to do the entire hour at around 128 - 130 bpm. I didn't have to stop once and my pace was around 9:15 per mile. It was an effortless run. Enjoyable really.

I could tell the training system is already starting to work, I'm starting to get energy from fat.

The swim was also great! I felt good in the pool. It was the first time I've done freestyle continuous and was breathing out both sides. The breathing started to feel natural after a while, as a matter of fact, I now like it better than breathing out one side only.

I could also tell my stroke mechanics and feel for the water has improved from going to the swim club. For the first time this year, I really am starting to understand the benefits of going to the swim club. I did the swim in 1 hour 16 minutes.

For both training sessions, my heart rate was low. The only time it went higher than it was supposed to was when I was sitting in the sauna after the swim. My heart rate monitor started beeping at 140 bpm, so I figured I better get out of the sauna and go home.

I made it through the "Tuesday" workouts and they really weren't that bad!