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Tuesday - October 23

Swim

30m 26s
1800.00 yards
01m 41s /100 yards

9:00AM
w/u
1. no time
2. 47.25
3. 46.28

m/s 1
01. 49.18
02. 50.68
03. 52.31
04. 52.19
05. 53.19
06. 54.75
07. 54.75 hmm... weird.
08. 54.94
09. 53.69
10. 54.26
11. 52.68
9.42.62
m/s 2
12. 50.17
13. 50.07
14. 53.56
15. 54.81
16. 53.74
17. 54.02
5.16.37

5:00PM
1 lap no time
01. 46.33
02. 45.36
t-1:31.69

03. 48.27
04. 48.07
05. 49.01
t- 2:25.35

06. 47.61
07. 48.76
08. 50.82
09. 50.36
t- 3:17.55

10. 49.01
11. 51.56
12. 52.50
13. 52.12
14. 53.90
15. 51.94
t-5:11.03

9AM-Felt like a pile of poop today. The back of my neck on the right side is kinda stiff.. not sure if I slept wrong or what. Haven't been in the pool for a few days so I can't really blame it on overuse. Hm. 5PM-This is what swimming workouts start to look like when all you're doing is adding distance and you don't know of any drills or anything else to occupy your time with! You get goofy stuff like 2 laps, 3 laps, 4 laps, 6 laps, etc. I'm not even really concentrating on form or anything. Though I am occasionally practicing my bi-lateral breathing, which for the most part I think I'm okay with. My right side is still definitely my dominant side, but I CAN breathe from my left.

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Monday - October 22

Bike

30m
5.00 miles
10.00 Mi/hr

Distance is moderate estimate.

Hopped on the trainer during the first half hour of Heroes. Kinda loud when you're not on the concrete floor of the basement! It has that wood sub-floor on which to vibrate... Lesson learned tonight: A fan is an absolute must on the trainer. Plain and simple.

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Sunday - October 21

Run

25m 47s
3.10 miles
08m 19s /Mi

3:00PM
8:16.26
8:44.88
8:47.07 [1.1]

Those are my splits for the 5-K today. Not too shabby if I do say so myself! Definitely a breath of fresh air after the stinky performance at the marathon.. sheesh! This lady started talking to me after mile 1 and in the midst of our conversation our pace slowed a little bit. After the 2nd mile marker we vowed to pick up the pace and 4 min. into it she was suckin wind hardcore as I was about to take it up another notch! She motioned me ahead and I hammered it home. My very first official 5-K.

RACE DAY: ARTF/X Governor's Cup

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Saturday - October 20

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Friday - October 19

Run

30m 20s
3.00 miles
10m 07s /Mi

5:00PM
9:38.95
4:59.55
turn-around not sure on dist
6:35.00
9:06.50

Pretty good run today! My left arch muscles were hurting early on, then it changed to my right achilles tendon. Guess that's what happens when you run 8 miles in 3 weeks! I wish these arches would quit hurting... Anyway, we ran on Mopac East which- *gasp* has mile markers! They kinda sneak up on you; they're just railroad ties about 2ft high stuck into the ground with a little placard on them. But they had 'em! So we ran a mile, I split it, then we went 4:59 [was supposed to be 4:50 based on our first lap time, but I missed it] and turned around. Not sure on how far we went so I just assumed it was a half-mile. Shortly after turning around Brynn was having a gut-check so we stopped and walked a little bit before HAMMERING it home in 9:06! Felt purty good, especially with the extremely low volume as of late.

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Thursday - October 18

Swim

27m 29s
1550.00 yards
01m 46s /100 yards

6PM

200yd w/u

48.18
49.76
51.80
52.02
52.48
52.13
52.74
53.58
52.49
51.18
t- 8.36.36

50.49
52.51
54.19
54.86
54.07
53.43
53.44
54.25
54.06
53.39
t-8.54.69

51.04
52.20
54.48
54.78
54.29
56.75
54.69
t-6.18.23

Slept on my right shoulder last night and woke up with some serious pain-age. Didn't feel good at all. Did my best to stretch it out REALLY well during my warm-up. Stretched, did a lap, stretched, did a lap... 4 laps total stretching/swimming. Then went into my set. I wanted to do 3x500 but my left big toe cramped up big time during my last lap-and-a-half so I had to quit it 3 laps early. Didn't do much for my arch either, all things considered. Okay one of the cats just pooped and it STINKS, and I'm probably 20-feet and two rooms away from it! Blech.

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Wednesday - October 17

Swim

26m 30s
1450.00 yards
01m 50s /100 yards

10:00AM
01. 46.78
02. 50.00
03. 50.86
04. 50.89
05. 54.25
06. 54.62
07. 54.94
08. 54.06
09. 55.43
10. 54.19
11. 54.70
12. 55.55
13. 55.01
14. 55.18
15. 54.44
16. 55.56
17. 56.50
18. 56.88
19. 56.13
20. 56.00
t-18:01.97
21. 54.02
22. 55.30
23. 56.94
24. 59.24
25. 58.31
t-4:43.81

Felt okay during the first set. Was going to do a second set of hopefully another 1,000 yards but it just wasn't going to happen today. Back at it tomorrow I guess.