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Arghhhhh BAD WORKOUT!
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 2008-10-28 9:49 PM |
Extreme Veteran  325   Victoria |  Subject: Arghhhhh BAD WORKOUT!Sorry, I Need to vent! So on Tuesdays/Thursdays I have both a run/swim scheduled. On Tuesdays, I swim with my Tri-Club (I'm the swim liaison/co-coach and SHOULD be there), then go straight from there to Cross Country practice with the University team. Thursdays I have cross country at 12:30 p.m., and Swimming at 3:30, so there's a large break inbetween. Today, I had a decent swim practice, but nothing special, and went straight to X-C. The 25ish minute warm up was fine, held a solid pace, kinda MOP and taking it easy. Then we have our 10 min. steady,which I felt decent for, not great, but decent and finally the main set, 4x mile. Right away I was BOP and struggling to hold the pace (probably about 5:15 for 1656m [according to one of the guys' Garmin]), feeling like everything was a million pounds. Fell off the pace and pretty much into last place, feeling like JUNK. Ended up with a 5:33, which is definitely slow for me, even on the longer course. I couldn't get into a rhythm or anything! Argghhhh So frustrating. Regardless, do you think I should drop the swim w/o, or move it to early in the morning, so I can have recovery time between workouts? It just seems like I'll never be even close to 100% for the X-Country workout. I also understand that what the other guys on the team do as cross training, I do as my sport also (bike/swim). I would still do both workouts on Thursday, but I'm really unsure of continuing with the Swim/Run combo on Tuesdays. Sorry to write a novel of frustration! Thanks in advance! D-rokk |
| 2008-10-28 9:56 PM in reply to: #1772163 |
Master 2355 Houston, TX | Subject: RE: Arghhhhh BAD WORKOUT! Dude you're a triathlete.. This is going to happen.  Somedays you just don't have it. I would try to do the swim after XC though. That way you could always cut it down to a cruise swim if needed. I've swam right before some pretty good track sessions and it usually goes about how you describe it. |
| 2008-10-29 9:24 AM in reply to: #1772163 |
Champion 10471 Dallas, TX | Subject: RE: Arghhhhh BAD WORKOUT! If the swim is affecting your other workout, but you need to be at the swim, why not go obsere and not swim? Then go swim after the running? That or keep doing the swim and then the run, and at some point your body will acclimate to the workout and you won't have a bad workout when you hit the second one (running). Being an athlete, you should know that you only get better by pushing through the discomfort. You can't get to the next level, unless you push yourself. Otherwise, if it's just ONE bad day, welcome to the wonderful world of training. That's how it goes. You have good days and bad. |
| 2008-10-29 9:34 AM in reply to: #1772163 |
Expert 2555 Colorado Springs, Colorado | Subject: RE: Arghhhhh BAD WORKOUT! It sounds like you've been able to do the swim and run successfully in the past. Unless having a bad run workout becomes a regular thing after the swimming, just chalk it up to having a bad day. Everyone has an unexplainable bad day from time to time. |
| 2008-10-29 10:01 AM in reply to: #1772163 |
Extreme Veteran 325 Victoria | Subject: RE: Arghhhhh BAD WORKOUT! Thanks for ze replies! I'm going to chalk it up to having an unexplainable bad day! I just know it BUMS ME OUT every time it happens. I just hate not finishing workouts!! I'm thinking I might move the swim until earlier in the day (do the coach's workout), and just observe the afternoon swim, and give stroke correction etc. We'll see how it goes next week! It also might be because the swim workout was mostly "Strong" sets, which for me is about 1:15s Long Course, and we did quite a bit of pull. Might have just tired myself out! Who knows! Thanks again though |
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