Sunday:
I was scheduled to run for 15 miles. But it was a long weekend with a long driving trip to Pennsylvania. Got home about 7:30, so I managed to get in 10 miles, and called it a night.
Monday:
A new PB! I swam 1.2 miles in just under 58 minutes. That’s the farthest I have swam. I am still working on swimming smoother. At one point I was doing front crawl and realized I was taking way too many strokes. I slowed down and started doing better. I worked a little on regular backstroke and made some improvement. But I ended up going back to modified backstroke.
I had planned to ride my bike to the pool. I got home from work and decided to take a short nap. I set the alarm, but ended up sleeping through it. So I slept longer than I planned. So I drove to the pool instead. Maybe I will take my bike Wednesday.
Tueday:
I squeezed in my quarter mile intervals before heading off to karate class. I was supposed to do 400m rest intervals, but due to lack of time, I just rested for about 2 minutes between each.
Wednesday:
I just got home from swimming. I swam another 1.2 miles tonight. I started off mixing it up. But settled into a length of freestyle (front crawl), and doing a length of backstroke (back crawl). I have been doing modified backstroke (like breaststroke, but on my back and with a flutter kick). But I decided to work on the backstroke. I started off very weak at it. But I was really starting to get the hang of it. I manage to finish the 1.2 miles in about 57 minutes which about a minute faster than Monday night!
Oh, and I got my new goggles. They are a Aqua Sphere Seal Mask. I had very little problems with fogging on these.
Thursday:
Ran 8 miles. One easy mile (10:00 pace) and 7 miles at 8:00 pace. The run actually felt pretty good.
Friday:
Did my swim tonight. I left work a few minutes early to get more swim time. I did a straight combo of one length front crawl, one length back crawl. I am getting better at both of these strokes. I did 1.2 miles (42 laps) in 53:34. That about 2 1/2 minutes faster than my previous best time for that distance. I am feeling much better in the water!
Saturday:
I was scheduled to run 20 miles at 8:15 pace. I got up in the morning and procrastinated starting. When I finally did start, I felt kind of stiff, but I loosened up. But I just wasn’t into it. But I managed to slog through the 20 miles. This was my last 20 mile day before my upcoming marathon in New York City. But I finished it, now I am in taper mode!