A TRI-BRICK-SPEED as part of the taper...

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Yesterday was a rest day, today made up for it with a swim, bike and run day.

I was at the pool early before work and did 2450 meters. The first 500 meters of the swim I struggled to get my breathing down, I think it had something to do with me eating a bagel before hand. However, for the rest of the swim I felt good, relaxed and went fairly fast. I was doing 15 x 100's with a 10 second break between sets and was able to do most of them around the 1:50 - 1:53 pace.

After dinner I did a speed bike workout session. It took me around an hour and I felt really strong. Even with all the rests and a 15 minute warm up and another 15 minute warm down, I was able to still average 31.3 kph. Right after the bike ride I did a 52 minute running speed work session. With a 10 minute warm up and 10 minute warm down, then running hard for 1 minute and resting for 1 minute I ended up running over 6.5 miles at a 7:59 pace. During the run my left calf felt pretty good and wasn't near as bad as it was a week ago. I also put duct tape over the blister on my heel and it seemed to work well. Although when I got home the blister area was very "moist" and "sensitive".

Overall, I felt really strong during all of today's training sessions. Tomorrow is another rest day. I love it!