I swam 2.4 miles in the Westwood pool today in 1 hour and 28 minutes. Since I'm a slow swimmer, I really can't complain. To think, I could barely swim 100 yards 9 months ago...
I'm a 2nd half athlete - slow in the first half and strong in the second half. Let's see if I can trim some more time off of that in the next couple weeks.
Taper - by the way, we are officially in taper mode now. We completed our longest workout this past Saturday: an 8 hour session (80 miles of biking and 3 hours of running). We trained up in Westlake - 2 40 mile loops on the bike and then a couple loops of running. I didn't have the best day initially as I fell coming around a turn and received some scrapes on my right side (they still sting!). I also rolled my tires and flatted both of them right before a 3 mile hill climb on Mulholland Highway. Now, that's adversity. I was mentally shaken up since I was having a good ride up until then. I didn't feel like running, but I started to run and felt better. By mile 10 of the run, I was able to compartmentalize all my negative thoughts about that day and just focus on completing my run at a good pace.
At the end of the day, it's how you deal with all the bad things that happen on the course that really proves how much character you have. I would have never had known what I could deal with if I had a perfect training session. People talk about having a good training day when you smoke the course. I disagree. It's when things go wrong, and you have to look inside you and ask whether you can channel your energy to focus on the task at hand. Those are the best training days.
Anyhow, no more long weekend sessions...just shorter SPRINT sessions (that's the Ironteam for you). We still have long swims though.
Almost there, almost there...
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