Back in the pool...

All year I've been swimming twice a week, except for the past three weeks. With the taper for the race and a couple of missed sessions I was in the pool only about once a week. If you don't swim regularly, you loose it. Much quicker than running and biking. I don't know why, but you do.

I went at lunch time and twelve minutes into it I was getting sore and wanted to quit. Twenty minutes into it, it felt like forty minutes. At the thirty minute point I was starting to convince myself it would be okay to make my first session back a shorter one, especially after doing a race. Then I bitch slapped myself and told myself to "man up".

I emptied my head of any thought of stopping before I finished my scheduled 3000 meters. My arms started to feel better from the endorphins and I was going pretty hard. I was surprised that I was still doing some 100's in the 1:39 - 1:42 range. An hour after I finished, I was physically finished. I can't remember the last time I was tired after a swim. It's not uncommon for me to feel hungry, but tired? Never.

When I got home from work the first thing I did was snack on a little popcorn, then Alice made her world famous pizza and I ate way too much. It's her fault, she makes it on a pan that can barely fit in the oven. It's probably 20" x 24" and the kids have a piece or two and then I eat the rest of it like the little piggy I am. I have no self control.

I filled up on pizza, then became tired and passed out on the couch in a carbohydrate induced sleep. After a couple of hours I awoke from my hibernation and forced myself out the door to do weights. I love getting pumped on a Friday night. I had to throw that one in there. Heck I like getting pumped any night:-). Tough session, I was sore afterwards.

I can hardly wait until tomorrow. It's the 2nd Annual House of Payne Beer Run. I'm hoping to get up a little earlier and do a ride before hand. Only doing a 30 minute run on a Saturday is sacrilegious. It's also Reid's first hockey game of the year tomorrow. He's going to be sore and tired. Hee Hee.

Tempo Swim - 1:03:22 / 3000 meters

Weights - 45:00