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May 9, 2007
Umphf...
So my swim this morning was...not so pretty. Yep - I think you could go as far as to say it was ugly. Butt ugly. I could just tell when I rolled out of bed that I was in for a long one, both literally and figuratively speaking.
4000 yds total @YMCA
wu: 400 swim w/long strokes, 3x100 w/20 sec rest
ms: 4x(4x200) w/first set on 45 sec rest, 2nd set on 30 sec rest, 3rd set on 15 sec rest, 4th set on 30 sec rest and 1 min break before last set (2:46, 2:44, 2:43, 2:43, 2:42, 2:42, 2:42, 2:43, 2:43, 2:44, 2:44, 2:46, 2:45, 2:46, 2:41)
cd: 100 easy
It was only 4000 yds which isn't too bad compared to the 5000 yarders I've done the past couple long swims. But the main set was still 3200 yds and the workout was further complicated by the fact that I felt like trash. Arms, legs, full body and might as well throw in my mind too.
The thinking went something like this...
1st set - oh boy, I'm in for a long one, just one set at a time, man - look at all the rest I get this set, I can do this, just get through this set
2nd set - boy do I wish I had someone other than the 85 year old lady in the lane next to me to swim with, a masters team would really help right now, I could use someone to draft off of, wait a minute - doing this alone will make me stronger, I'll get this done, oh man do my arms ache
3rd set - this sucks, I hate swimming, 15 seconds rest is like nothing, I'm taking up duathlon instead, these goggles are going to be the death of me, hold up - I better suck it up a little!!!, where do I get off thinking this is always going to be easy?, keep the repeats under 2:45, hurt a little, work a little, you will get this done, get through this set and there is a long 1 minute rest...
When I'm taking the 1 minute rest before the final set I notice on my hand written note that there was supposed to be 30 seconds rest for both the 2nd and 3rd sets and the 15 sec rest was supposed to be for the last set only. I somehow had it in my head that the 3rd and 4th sets were both only 15 seconds rest. Here I was hurting like a dog and I was gipping myself out of precious recovery time!!! Had I been feeling good or even marginally okay I probably would have just stuck with the 15 seconds rest for the last set too but no way was I doing that today. I was going to claim every last second of rest that was rightfully mine.
4th set - get tough now, come on, come on, oh man does this not feel good, push it, push it, long powerful strokes, it's going to hurt worse in a race, one more, come on, you can do it!!!
And that was that. My arms still hurt. Of course I lifted this afternoon too but wow - the triceps are yelling at me! Good thing my swimming is on the down swing this week and next also.
It wasn't until I got home and was writing down my splits that I realized I only did 3x200 instead of 4x200 on the 3rd set. Opps. I SWEAR I didn't do that on purpose. I was in such a world of hurt I didn't even know what was going on! I usually at least have an inkling that I counted wrong but today I honestly didn't suspect a miscount. I must have gone through my splits a million times to make sure I wasn't writing it down wrong. Oh well. If there was ever a day to skip an interval, today was it! :)
This afternoon after work I ran my 30 minutes easy and felt fine. It was hot! 84 degrees feels like a sauna around these parts! And then I lifted. And then I ate pizza. You can't go wrong there.
I have a track workout tomorrow morning that I'm excited for. More than anything I'm happy that it doesn't involve a pool. :)
Good night everyone!
Posted by beth at May 9, 2007 9:49 PM
Comments
Beth,
AWESOME job toughing out what sounds like a tough workout! Have fun on the track!
Meghan
Posted by: Meghan at May 10, 2007 2:24 AM
Hang in there... it gets better... really...
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at May 10, 2007 8:50 AM