02.09.2012 Thpeedy Thurthday!!!

Rest.  Seems my immune system isn't quite what it used to be.  Picked up some bug from the germ magnet that is work.  That used to never happen.  Residual effects of the chemo last year?  Who knows?     Will spend enough energy to update my resume and CV and apply to that job in Honolulu.   It's a pipe dream and a long shot but who knows?

Pass me a tissue please.  If I feel better this afternoon I will spin a bit.  Is it a measure of fitness that even when under the weather one feels the need to get one's exercise fix in?   Don't much care for this type of down time.   Even in winter.

Still thinking about the thread about coolest things done.  Probably won't post; don't want to scare anyone.   Most are still classified anyway.

Enough free associating......

LOL, nope, even I'm not crazy enough to do a 3875 fly ... at this critical juncture in IM training. There was 150 fly in there, though. There's always some fly.

Feeling best at the end of the Jorge barf fest means that you have a very well tuned endurance engine. Sleep well!

The PH balance at the pool was off this morning, so no swimming this morning. I might try again this afternoon.

Other than that, I need to get a run in. I'm feeling better but still coughing, so still drained and unmotivated. :-(

I felt run down on Monday and Tuesday so took the days off on the insistence of my husband, who figured the down time would prevent me from getting a full blown cold. He was right, I avoided getting sick, but like MadMathemagician (best user name evar!) I felt the itch to get some exercise in. Two days of inactivity and I was losing my mind. I would never have felt like that 6 months ago. Yay exercise!

Today - last swim lesson of this session and I got a lesson in practicing with a pull buoy. Boy that's weird. It taught me how ineffectual my arms are when doing back crawl. :P It did help me focus on my pull for the front crawl, so that's good. Just gotta get over the tippy feeling of the pull buoy.

Also, tried the first of 3 drills I saw on youtube about how to do open turns properly. Until the latest thread that turned into a flip turn vs. open turn showdown, I assumed an open turn meant you swim to the end, don't touch the wall and sort of turn around or something. I didn't know it was a technique. After such heated debate I figured I should look into the whole open turn business and I realise it's what I should be doing, instead of grabbing the wall, pulling myself around, then turning around to continue. Since I'm still too freaked out to do flip turns, open turns look like a good thing for me to learn.

Enough rambling. Hope everyone has a great day!

Feel free to nap in the melons ... my cats seem to think that's the primo place to sleep. Hope you feel better!

Can you take Dad to Honolulu?

I get all wiggly just thinking of all the cool things you must have done!

1 hr Trainer session @ 5:30 am

1:00:50 10 mile Tempo run

Probably take the road bike out after work for an hour today...

I can read French reasonably well, if it's, say, Dumas instead of Derrida. Almost well enough to correct what you wrote but je suis heureuse.

and Linear Algebra! the memories!

Ah, lets see. Up at 4:45, 35 degrees. 

WU: 5 minutes

MS: 2 x (4 minutes easy, 16 minutes hard)

CD: 5 minutes easy

OUCH!

Got in a great 1300yd swim in at 6am despite forgetting my towel and using paper towels and a hand dryer to dry off, 40 min trainer ride scheduled for after work.

Have a great day.

Hate it when I forget my towel 

Ha!  that sucks, but is still awesome :D

I've done that too many times to laugh, much, once was when I had to shower and change after work to go to an art gallery for a friend's bday party, CLASSy that's me 

30 min strenght

30 min in the pool

Done

1:10 to 1:30 run

and Bike fitting to go

Swim intervals this a.m. 250m warm up, 5x300m, then 250m cool down.  I kept my pace between 5:28 and 5:38, which is an improvement for me.

Followed the swim with 15 miles on a spin bike.  32 minutes, 96 rpms, avg 242 watts.

Fingers crossed that posting this doesn't jinx me...seems to usually. (So, I probably shouldn't do it, but you folks are the only ones who care about my workouts.)

Strength workout is done.

Speed workout (9x400) on the track later this evening. Is it just me, or is it totally cool to run on the track after dark? (As long as you don't trip over the errant starter block.)

2200 in the pool at lunch went swimmingly...yep, I went there.

Bike for an hour, followed by a 5 mile run tonight.