I decided not to swim this morning and get more recovery sleep. It helped...for the first time in 2 weeks, I was feeling back to normal. I had no irritability and was motivated.
Reid had a Rep hockey tryout at 7 pm that I wanted to watch it, even though it is painful, as he is the worst player on the ice.
I decided to swim my 3500 meter speed work session at lunch time and after work I did my weight lifting session so I could be there to watch it.
The swim was great. I swam 12 x 100's and the fastest I did it in was 1:39 p/100 and the slowest was 1:42 p/100, it was the fastest I think I've ever swam in my life. At some points I was going so fast I couldn't catch my breath and my chest seemed tight, it couldn't expand enough. (It's a far cry from my 2:25 p/100 I did last year racing).
It felt great to be at the rink by 7:10 pm with a cool beer in my hand, workouts over and watching my son try out for Rep. (The rink has a bar overlooking the ice. It's a wonderful thing!)
Even though he is the worst player out there, he is still 75% as good as the other guys, which is pretty awesome considering he couldn't skate 9 months ago. We gave him a "Red Bull" before the tryout to help get his energy up. I think it worked because it looked like he was skating harder.
Tonight, every time the phone rang, Reid was nervous, as he thought it was the coaches calling to "cut" him (I told him that is how they cut you). What I haven't told him is that I found out no one is going to get cut this year, but I love keeping him on the "edge".
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