Day 53. Run

Alright, so I must admit that I didn't work out today. It felt good to sleep in and also relax after work for once. It's a recovery week, so I thought I owed it to myself for once. But, I might just end up making it up on Friday rather than today. We'll see...

Day 52. Swim / Run

Ugh, it's Tuesday again. I put in my run and then headed to the pool. I was having an average day today, but I had to cut my swim short again so I could get into work at a decent time. I've been just dragging through this week - I think my body needs a break.

On the up side, I had a very generous Anonymous donation today! I'm really excited about it, since I have been sitting stagnant for weeks now. I'm at $1950 raised with $2400 as my goal! So feel free to take this chance to donate if you haven't already:

http://pages.teamintraining.org/nca/nattri09/ashields

So, who's going to put me over the $2000 mark? Huh huh? :)

Day 51. Bike

I know this is going to sound silly, but the 20 minute bike today didn't feel like enough. I went to the gym after work, because I couldn't muster the energy to go before work for once. It totally through off my schedule today. I felt like I was dragging all day. So, I won't make that mistake again. I'll be at the gym bright and early! Time for bed!

Day 50. Swim

On the docket for today, 30 minutes of swimming without stopping. I was a little hesitant of this at first, but once I got in the pool - my attitude changed. I ended up doing 1150m in those 30 minutes, pretty respectable I think. For those of you who don't know, the race distance is 1500m, so I'm getting pretty close. Yay! Overall, a good workout day that I'm really happy with. Next week is a recovery week again, so I probably won't have much to blog about, but we'll see.

Day 49. Brick

Today's group brick workout was about 2 hours away, so I decided to skip it and invite my friends to do our own brick workout closer to home. It worked out well that Steve and Michelle came out to do my workout with me. We got on the WO&D at Rt 28 and then rode to west Reston, all in all about 18 miles. It was a good workout, good distance, a few hills, not too crowded. It was a bit humid and hot today, but could've been much worse. After the bike, I had to do a 30 min run. Steve and Michelle jetted after the bike (I secretly wish I could've too!). The run wasn't super today. I spent probably 15 min walking and 15 min running. This is one area I really need to improve in.

Day 48. OFF

Yay! It's Friday once again and no training today. I spent the night going to the movies with Kathleen and going to a local Irish pub - all in all a fun night.

Day 47. Swim

I think Thursdays are starting to be my favorite work out day. I know it's crazy to think that because it always involves waking up at 4:30am to go meet my training group in McLean for our group swim. Today's swim went far better than Tuesday's attempt at the same drills. Our endurance set today was 5x200m. Once I got to about the third set, I felt like I started to have a rhythm and stopped thinking about all the mechanics and breathing. I wasn't even super tired by the end - so that's a good feeling. By the end of practice, we had almost achieved the 1550m - which is race distance! I also got some coaching today about how my stroke - I guess that gives me something to work on during Sunday's swim.