Went swimming around lunchtime. Felt good, but noticed the times are slower by a few seconds over where they were a month ago. More running has equaled less swimming. Therefore lower performance. I am ok with that as long as the running keeps getting better. But I do not want to let it go completely. I worked hard the last four months to let all that pool time go to waste.
Waited until dark to run so I could have lower temperatures. And I was hoping moving around all day would help loosen up those sore muscles. It worked for the most part. Legs only hurt on the steeper downhill grades. Not that we have any hills that would compare to what the bloggers out West have. Ours out here would be looked at as speedbumps I imagine.
I could tell I was running faster on my first mile than my other runs this week. First split was 8 minutes flat. I decided to see if I could run the next 4 miles at 8 or under. But I was willing to listen to my body and not press anything just to whoop up on the 8:00 guy. In the end I got him with 34 seconds to spare.
While I was running a little harder than I have been it did not feel too bad. When I was done I felt tired, but good. Not beat up and dead tired like I have on some other runs.
Swim - 2000 yards - 34:55
Run - 5.15 miles - 8:00, 7:57, 7:46, 7:54, 7:48, 1:08 - 40:35 (7:52 avg.) | 