Oh my gosh, what a week! All good but tough... This weekend was great, Ivan and I got to do our first brick workout. Saturday we headed out for one hour bike ride and I have to say having dry roads and a little sun shinning through the clouds was awesome! Right after the bike ride we headed out for our 20 minute run. I was surprised with the lack of heaviness I normally get in the legs right after getting off the bike and right into a run, it's a good sign I'm sure. I was full of energy so I went out on the run with a good pace right to the end.
Today was the day I was pretty nervous of cause we were supposed to swim 2000 meters and I was worried about that distance. Well at first my legs were doing the twinge thing that said, be cautious I may cramp on you, so when I would feel that I would kick harder to shake it away and said to myself, "no way, not today!" and it didn't happen. "Pheff" that was scarey! I did it, I swam all of it. I do have to admit though on the last 300 meters of the cool down I was so worn out that I used a pull boy but I figured it was a cool down so it can't be cheating right? Total swim today was 2100 meters. After getting home I threw on my running cloths and headed out in the sun shine (love that) and ran for 52 minutes.
I watched Ivan swim at times and he swims so graceful so I hope to be able to swim like him one day. He is amazing and I am very proud of him!
Monday is a day of rest which I look forward too and then we start week 3 which is going to be the toughest yet because everything gets ramped up a bit more and then week 4 is recovery week "yea" so we just need to hang in there.
I got to watch Iron man Kona this saturday and it really inspires me to see those age groupers out there plus people who have their own personal hurdles to overcome enjoying this sport. It makes all this training worth while! and makes me feel lucky to have a chance to be among people like them.
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