12:05

December 8

Swim
  • 40m
  • 2000.00 yards
  • 02m /100 yards

Same workout as yesterday, except done correctly ;) This was a HUGE breakthrough, knowing that I can actually swim fast(ish) when I want to.

500 WU
1000 MS
500 CD

Did my 1000 swim test time in 17 minutes flat! And I'm not entirely sure I didn't do an extra 50 in there, but I'm erring on the side of caution. This is huge for me- that comes out to a 1:42 per 100. I've been told several times that my form is exponentially better when I try and swim fast- I guess it's really true. Pretty stoked about this. A full 2:40 faster than what I did yeaterday.

Strength
  • 45m

Back, legs, core

Lift tonight.

December 7

Bike
  • 35m
  • 7.62 miles
  • 13.06 Mi/hr

First ride on the trainer in a LONG time.

15' WU
10' 1 legged drills (5x1' each)
10 CD

Swim
  • 45m
  • 2000.00 yards
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500 WU
1000 MS
500 CD

Did the 1000 as a swim test time. Because I'm too much of an idiot to ask what effort level it was supposed to be at, I just swam "normal". Finished in a time of 19:40, or a 100 yd avg of 1:58. I suppose that's not too bad for being out of the water for nearly 5 months...

Got sabotaged at work yesterday and missed everything. Whatever, moving on. 1st workout done- either run or bike tonight, making up either Tues or Wed's swapping of days.

December 6

December 5

Run
  • 1h 00m
  • 6.08 miles
  • 09m 52s /Mi

Per Thursdays workout:

Z1-2 run on the treddy with 4x(2' LT+, 2' easy) in the middle.

Motherfukcin' pain in the a$$... I devise a perfectly acceptable excuse to ditch the office mid-day to go swim, and I get to the pool deck (note- already changed over) to find the entire pool taken up by a HS swim team. Apparently they just don't change the availability on the sign. Arrgghh. It's not enough that I deal with a PITA client all day- this is just frustrating. Gonna swap todays workout with Thursday and just run tonight...

December 4

Swim
  • 45m
  • 2000.00 yards
  • 02m 15s /100 yards

I need to figure out my T-time, so I did my 1000yd test time in 21 minutes in the endless pool. Not sure how accurate the little computer thing is, so I'm going to repeat in a 25 yd pool tomorrow. I don't like to deviate from the plan on day one, but lots of swimming coming up and I might as well get it right from the start.

Strength
  • 50m

Back, core, tri's

Lift tonight...

December 3

Bike
  • 2h 15m
  • 33.50 miles
  • 14.89 Mi/hr

Easy ride out at Quantico w/Chippy and 4 other friends. First time in the saddle in a LONG time- since Sept I think. Awesome time, good friends, and it was damned COLD! Lemme tell ya- Low 40's feels like sub zero when you haven't been training outside much. This ride will serve as the bike portion of tomorrow's planned workout (who designs a workout with the first day being almost 3 hours? I mean really...) So I guess that makes this the first official day of training for IM Switzerland. Giddyup...

December 2

Strength
  • 1h 10m

Legs and core

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