Friday, April 18, 2008

Springing along

After having such a good day on Wednesday with my swim, I decided to roll the dice and do a 2 miler on Thursday. This decision came about 200yds into the run, when I said "f -it." Took it easy, about a 10 m/m pace. Felt good the whole way. It helped that it was 70 degrees and sunny, and I was rocking to the ipod. Last night, popped some ibuprofin and slept well. This morning, I woke up with trepidation, remembering the last time I tried 2 miles (thinking of Clubber Lang, "I predict Pain."), but when I rolled out of bed, I felt good. Did another short swim this morning, focusing on drills. The main one I did was 100 yds with feet bound to check on buoyancy and balance. My legs sank, but I knew that going in. I plan to try this each day to see if it helps my hydrodynamics- got it from Slowman on ST in one of his posts. So, the long and the short is that if I have a good bike ride this weekend, I will really feel like I can do all three disciplines in training. A good few days! We'll see how Sunday's ride goes, an easy 20 miler on the touring rig...

1 comment:

Zach said...

Glad to hear you were pain free after the run. That's funny you mention that drill - I read the same article on ST and thought about trying that myself. We are heading to Boston this weekend so I will have a few days away from the pool and the bike but am looking forward to some nice runs along the river.