Boy does it feel good to TRAIN again! I just finished an hour in the pool, with 4 "ladder" sets: 100, 50, and 25 yards, each progressively faster, with 50 yard recovery in between. After more than a week of "workouts" more worthy of a reasonably fit soccer mom (not that there is anything wrong with that!) than an Ironman (10 mile ride home from work, 5k race, 2 hour hike, and the 47-minute total "Baby Brick"), today's pool workout felt like I was actually working toward a goal, not just trying to burn off last night's pizza. It made me feel strong to hit my interval times consistently each time, but it also scared the hell out of me to feel how much effort it takes to just go 10 seconds faster per hundred yards!
Tomorrow is the annual 12k's of Christmas, one of my favorite running races of the year, so there is another built in time trial. The only problem is, it is sponsored by the ASPCA, and they have all sorts of dog rescues there after the race, and I don't know how I am going to come home without a new dog!
Tomorrow is the annual 12k's of Christmas, one of my favorite running races of the year, so there is another built in time trial. The only problem is, it is sponsored by the ASPCA, and they have all sorts of dog rescues there after the race, and I don't know how I am going to come home without a new dog!
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