What a disjointed day!  We started with the best of intentions to put as mush time on the trail outside today as we could.  The winds were blowing 20, and it was 43 degrees.   It was cold, and the benefit to riding into the big headwinds could not be outweighed by a quality trainer ride where we can stay in the right zones.   That was until we did the longest trainer ride that either of us have done.  If I owned a gun........2.5 hours was all I could stand.  It does put us under the plan for the day, but I could not have done that for another 90 minutes.  Pretty good run after, but it was a little long after to be considered to be a transition run.

What a screwy workout day it was!

Fun run today broken into 2 parts.  We decided to park at the Keller Pointe and run from there.  It was supposed to rain, so we figured that we'd run until the rain started, and then head into the point to finish the run.  We started with just a little spitting rain that didn't even make you wet.  I decided I was going to get out and run until I really didn't want to be wet and cold anymore.  I went out to the turn around (out and back course), and as soon as I looked back to the start, I could see the rain coming.  The thunder started just then too.  Immediately I threw out the 4:1 in the interest of getting out of the thunder and lightening.  I have to say that I am unbelieveably impressed with how well I did coming back, running low 11's, and even some 10xx miles.  Yes it was starting to get cold, and very wet.  The worst of the rain didn't start until the last 1/3 of a mile before the pointe.  then it started to get very cold, and I was soaked!  but still smiling!  We were smart enough to bring a change of clothes, and another pair of shoes and socks for just this occurance.  Went inside, changed, and started running the track.  I went ever faster on the track......my fastest miles were my last 2.....Wow.

I ran sub 10.25 miles at sub 12 pace, in zone 2!

Now im sore, and I think we have a nap in our future.

Horrible feeling swim tonight.  I cut it short because I had zero form.  Quality over quantity.  I could have gone the extra 300 yards, but I felt my form was soo bad.  I would stop....swim 100-200 drills, go bad to swim, and had a good 3-400 but then it just got to feeling like I was flailing. It felt like if I kept going, it would just be junk yardage.  The speed doesn't show it though

No Yoga....Class canceled due to Valentines day.....nice.

First yellow square of 2008

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Happy Valentines day everyone!

Yoga tonight, then back to normal programming with a long swim tomorrow

Purposefully short swim, but I like the speed.  I don't know where in the hell that came from.

I think the recovery weeks are harder than the hard weeks.  We have nothing on the schedule, but its going to be an easy short swim tonight.  Tomorrow will just be Yoga.

Easy spin tonight.  had to do something.

OMG!  this is a recovery week, and im already going stir crazy.....and its only Tuesday!