It was all water today...

Yesterday I ate "guilt free" after the race. We had a filling mothers day brunch and for dinner it was many servings of Chinese food. I wasn't looking forward to getting on the scale this morning because I knew I was going to weight a lot more due to the salt in the Chinese food and my leg muscles retaining water for recovery. I was right, I was over 5 lbs heavier than Friday. I figure it will take until Wednesday to get back to my natural weight.

This morning my legs were a little tight and I was slow to walk to the bathroom and down the stairs. It reminded me of how I felt all of last year when I started training under Mark Allen's coaching program. By lunch time my legs were feeling better and I went to the Y to do weights. I'm just starting my chisel phase and only have to do one set, which made today's session very enjoyable. I was also surprised that my legs felt so good. 

After dinner I was looking forward to getting to the pool to aid my race recovery. I find that the cool water helps the healing process. It's the next best thing to using ice on sore muscles. I took last Friday off from swimming as part of my pre-race taper so it has been 6 days since I was last in the pool. I decided to take it easy today and the entire swim was at a fairly easy pace. On a couple of 100's I went hard just to prove that I can still keep it under 1:50. During the swim I had to go to the washroom 3 times, which is a first, usually I only have to go once. I guess my body is starting to get rid of the water retention.

This week is going to be a difficult week of training. More running and biking miles that usual are scheduled. I'm still debating if I'm going to do a running speed work session this week or just a tempo run. I don't want to over do the speed work, especially after Sunday's race. I'm going to see how I feel and make the decision on Wednesday. It will be interesting to see how my body handles lots of miles this week and still recover from Sunday's race. 

Weights - 30 minutes

Long Swim - 1:11:08 / 3000 meters