Today's Workout

Team Swim and Bike

Swam first this morning.

400 warm up
8x50 drill
6x100, 2' interval, descending 123, 456
(1:33, 1:34, 1:33, 137, 1:37, 136)
300 recovery
6x50, 1' interval, descending 123, 456
(0:48, 0:48, 0:47... I guess I only timed the first three)
300 recovery
8x25 sprint (10" rests)
300 cool down

Total Distance = 2800 yards

Then there was the bike... HOLY CRAP!
Went out to the same place we went last week, only we went up a different hill this time once we got there. It was a never-ending hill. It just kept going and going and going. I had a pretty hard time with this work out. At least I had some moral support from some of my teammates. If I didn't have that support I would've stopped and turned around long before I did. There were times when my bike felt really sluggish. I even wondered if I was riding on a flat, but that wasn't it. I realized that when I see a hill I get all worked up about it, and instead of working through it I obsess about how hard it is. I need to really focus on my breathing in order to make it up these hills. Stopping helps to offer relief to my aching legs, but only a few minutes after I hop back on the bike I feel just as fatigued as I did before I stopped. Anyway, the only blessing to having the ride be uphill most of the way is that it is pretty much downhill the whole way back to the school.

Total Distance = 15.5 miles