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procrastination & BTTW*
Arriving to the pool at 5:45 is feat in itself. For me, it means everything has to be packed and laid out and ready to go. Fins, goggles, cap, water, nutrition bar, inhaler, towel – everything needs to be packed and at the back door. The alarm needs to sound at 5:10 – and I…
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hill. repeat. hill.
“What goes up – must come down. And then go up and come back down, again.” 8 x :30 uphill surge (fast, focus on powering with your butt)/ 3:00 easy There may be something wrong with me. I loved everything about this workout. It was cold. (34 degrees) I needed to layer up in my…
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Breaking Good
Rest day = Time to reflect on my first week with my new coach. Right now, what I’m most aware of is the impact of change on my routine. My training volume hasn’t really increased, but the amount of time it takes me to complete a training has increased, noticeably. On the busy days when there…
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Running Mittens
Workout : Endurance Run Planned Duration: 1:20 Keep your pace exceedingly easy throughout “Exceedingly easy”is not my favorite. I find it exceedingly hard to run exceedingly easy. For at least 5 of the 9 miles, I rationalized that this fact negated the entire assignment . I hate not following my coach’s directions more than I hate…
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“Does your neck hurt when you do that?”
…asked a young high school swim team member as I finished my first 100 yards of backstroke, ever. “No, not really.” I replied. Then realizing she was being incredibly polite I asked, “If I keep swimming like this, will it?” “definitely.” I think I modeled my head position after this otter. It seems reasonable. These little…
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Thursday’s Bike Ride
Enough said.
intent & wonder 