I finally got caught up and it wasn't easy...

I'm lucky I got up in time for work this morning. It was a late party night last night. I didn't set the alarm, and had my bladder not woken me up, I'm sure I would have slept till noon. I haven't felt this bad in a while. You know your in trouble when your body is craving grease and on my way to work I had to pick up a greasy breakfast at McDonald's. I was surprisingly productive today but most of the day I was nauseous and had a sore head. At lunch time I did my swim and I find there is nothing better for a hangover than a swim in nice cool water. When I got out of the pool I felt much better for a while, until the endorphins wore off. I did notice during the swim that my calves were tight, which is a sign of dehydration, not a surprise.

When I got home from work I really didn't want to do my speed work run session. I still didn't feel good and I was concerned that I needed more hydration or it could cause cramping problems. I was also starting to feel sick again. Rather than train, Alice and I went out for dinner. When we got back I felt a little better, eating food and drinking a couple beers always helps, but I was still felt unmotivated to do my speed run. I decided to watch some TV and relax. Finally by 9 pm I got enough motivation to do my speed work session. I motivated myself by looking at my new Zoots and wanting to try them out. I figured they are for racing and a speed work session would be a great way to try them out.

These shoes are meant to be worn barefoot. With the premise that you will have faster racing transitions because you don't have to waste time putting socks on. The first thing I noticed about these runners is that they are hard to put on. They took me longer than normal. Then, 10 minutes into my run, I could feel chaffing on my left foot at the Achilles. Then I felt a blister starting on the bottom of my left foot. I decided to keep running and determined if I want to wear these in a race I'm going to have to go through the blister and chaffing phase and toughen up my skin. My right foot was perfect no problems, it was just my left foot that was causing me problems. When I got back from the run my foot was bleeding and I couldn't wait to get the shoes off, I was in pain. Now I'm not sure if I'm going to use them without socks. The run sucked, my speed was much slower than normal, I assume it's from the abuse I put on my body last night. My standing heart rate was around 75 - 80 bpm, normally it's in the low 50's.

I'm not sure when I'm going to drive to Lake Placid, I'm still trying to figure that out. My plan was to go early and volunteer, but when I looked into it, the volunteer slots are all full. They don't require additional volunteers. What a race, they sell out at the race site and they sell out on volunteer support. I've heard it's a good race and people love doing it, they say the energy and support of the community is great. No doubt.

By doing my run tonight I finally got caught up from taking Monday off. I re-arranged the workouts and managed to get all of them in and it wasn't easy. Without the kids home it still feels like we are on vacation, I told Alice we are on a "Stay-cation". Starting tomorrow I'm going to get back to good eating, my pants are feeling a little tight and my brain feels like mush. These past two weeks have been hell on my body.

Swim - 1:02:04 / 3000 meters

Speed Run - 53:33 / 7.12 miles / 7:31 pace / avg 148 bpm

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