Well, today's not an off day, but I'm not sure when the next one will happen. I was really shelled last Sunday, but still did some Yoga and didn't really have a lot of time to write. Therefore, I don't really have a proper off day planned for this week.
So at the moment, I'm in Panera having some coffee and waiting for the rain to stop so I can go run. I know, I know, harden up and run in the rain anyway. I would if not for the fact that it's slowing and supposed to stop soon. That and I have the day off from work; I essentially have all the time in the world.
Flashbackblog
Started the week with a darn good swim session on Monday. I've been throwing some work with the pull paddles back into my routine to get a little bit more strength. I remember back to this time last year when I first got them and how strong I started to feel because of them. Not sure why I stopped using them, but it's strange how you do something that is met with positive results and let it fall to the wayside. I feel like this happens to a lot of people in the never-ending quest for more speed, strength, efficiency or whatever. No matter the improvements of their current practices, they abandon them in the search for even greater gains.
I also threw in some back stroke for the first time in quite a while and it felt pretty good. Not sure why, but I was definitely flying after not having done it for months. Swim session number 2 for the week is hopefully today, but that might not materialize. Because of a post title related bit of news that I'll get to later.
Yesterday was the first bike/run brick of the season! I put in about 35 miles on the bike between the track and Highland Park (where I ran into Steph again) and then did one of my usual 5k brick run routes and pulled it off with a 6:40/mile average pace. I was pretty pleased with how fresh I still felt on the run. I think I was still feeling the effects of the speedwork at the track from the week before.
Also in the news department:
If you've been keeping track of the blog, you will have noticed that there is a race on the schedule for '09. It's a small 5k this weekend in South Park, just outside of the city. I'm not nervous about it (it's just a 5k for Pete's sake) but I still want to do well, of course. I'd like to go around 17:30. The course seems pretty favorable after a slight uphill grade at the beginning, so it might be possible.
5:28 mile x 3 = 16:30 (I know, not really. I'm just rounding) that's a minute less than 17:30 and that mile was run in pretty much the opposite of race conditions with the taper, motivation and people to chase, etc.
Regardless, this has put me in a bit of a pickle concerning what to do with my training for the rest of the week. I figure that I'll probably just swim on Saturday, though that means that I'll have to ride tomorrow and Friday to get in three bike sessions for the week. This is fine aside from the fact that there would be no weekend rides in which to enjoy the lack of typical weekday traffic. Though I suppose I could ride on Sunday after the race; it's a 5k after all. But now my dilemma is my running for the rest of the week. I ran yesterday as part of the brick and I'll run a longer tempo run today. My track run last week gave me so much that I'd enjoy doing one this week, but I don't want to do it any later than Thursday in consideration for the race. Perhaps I could get it in before work Thursday morning and ride my bike after work. Hmmm...decisions decisions.
The last bit of news in regards to the title of today's post is that Kayla and I are getting the car today! We're both pretty excited and nervous about it, but I'm so relieved that I'll be able to go to whatever races I want this season. But that might stop me from being able to get in a swim today because I'm not sure what time I'll end up getting back from that. If I leave it too late, the swim is out because we'll be leaving for Trivia night at 7.
That and I might be ordering a disc wheel at the end of this week.
Cars, races, bricks, disc wheels. Could be a big week.
Do it.
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