Wednesday/Thursday - April 4/5 (Steve)

It was great to read Matt's update and see what he's been doing. I'm glad I could provide some motivation at some point in time!

With coaching back on I'm trying to settle back into a routine and figure out how to work everything in. I know I'm going to get the swims in Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. I'm thinking running will come Tuesday and Thursday mornings and a Saturday or Sunday. I'll have to work the bikes in at night and on weekends.

Wednesday I got my swim in. It felt pretty good but I still couldn't come close to matching Stuart (who obviously missed his taper for New England's) or Mike (who clearly sold his soul for the fountain of youth).
SCM:
400 Swim
300 IM Drill
300 Kick 50 moderate 25 Fast
3x(2x75 Free 1:15, 6x25 :30 2 of each)
15x50 :45 2@80% 1 all out.
300 easy

At lunch I hit the weights here at work and tried to figure out that crazy weight machine they have where you have to adjust every little bit to do another exercise and it seems like more trouble than it's worth. But my arms were shaking by the time I finished lifting which was pretty much a non-stop 35 minute workout.

This morning I slept in until 5:30 and went to the gym for a run. Today's goal was get back in a rhythm and feel good again so I didn't want to adjust any speeds. I actually stuck to that! 50 minutes at 7.5 then went a five minute cool down decreasing speed each minute. I held up okay but mentally I was beating myself up for not sticking with the treadmill through the middle of March and around New England's because my running was feeling real good. Now I've got to get it back to that point before St. Anthony's. I'll aim for two treadmill runs of at least 45 minutes a week and a run of at least an hour on the weekends.

Gotta thank Matt for reminding me to rest once again. I had a long stretch there without rest but I took one this week on Tuesday. Last rest day was March 22, the day before New England's. I also picked up a book on eating for athletes 'Food for Fitness'. It's a Chris Carmichael book and I started reading it last night rather than wasting time on-line looking at Cervelo's on Ebay. If I come across anything enlightening I'll be sure to share it. I'm anxious to see where Chips-a-hoy fall in his recommendations.