A glorious bastard...

I took yesterday off and decided to combine those sessions to today's sessions. Because I was so tired this morning, I couldn't get out of bed early to get in even one session before work. That meant that I'd have to do all my training at lunch time and after work. I couldn't bring myself not to make up yesterdays pool and weight session.

I had to miss last Friday's swim because my tooth was pulled and I needed to get in the water, I was having withdrawls. After an eight day layoff from swimming I noticed I lost lost some speed, about 4 seconds per 100, although I did push the last 100 and did a 1:40.

I also didn't want to miss my weights workout as my upper body feels and looks like it needs it. There was a little drama when I realized I forgot my workout shorts. I had three choices, don't do the weights, do the weights in my wet girlie man swimsuit, or wear my khakis street shorts. I decided to wear the shorts. I was paranoid the entire time because I sweat a lot and was concerned that I'd have a wet stripe running down the backside of my shorts. I just imagined myself having to walk around work with a wet spot. It turns out I was lucky and it didn't happen.

When I got home, I immediately got on the bike for my ride. No waiting, no thought, just a do it now mentality. I was able to finish my bike and avoid the rain. Halfway through the ride I was getting a burnt out fatigued feeling and figured when I got home I'd eat, rest and then run. After I ate I was a little fried and knew the best thing would be to have a nap.

I ended up sleeping for about 90 minutes and would drift in and out of consciousness. When I opened my eyes it was dark out and I had a fleeting moment of wondering if I should do my run workout, it wasn't 100% necessary. Then I snapped myself out of it and told myself that not going is not an option. The only option was whether I was going to go now or a little later. I waited a little and then went.

Tomorrow I'm calling Garmin about my 305. The heart rate monitor doesn't seem to be working. It works well for a while, then starts giving me reading from 150 - 187 bpm when I know I'm no where near that. It's very frustrating because I gauge all my workouts efforts by heart rate. Hopefully it just needs to be reset or something.

Needless to say I'm proud of finishing all my workouts today, which was just under 5 hours of training, on a workday. In a perverse way, I love the long workouts more than the short ones. My body seems to love going long, it's more natural. I must say, all in all, I feel really good. It will be interesting to see how my legs feel tomorrow.

Swim - 1:04:02 / 3000 meters

Weights - 45:00

Mod Bike - 2:05:50 / 62.79 km / 30.1 kph

Mod Run - 1:00:41 / 7.08 miles / 8:34 pace