THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

3000 yards--a new level for me.  First 150 yards trying to get my goggles figured out.  Next 1750 yards(1 mile) in 40 minutes--one minute PR.  Goal for next swim is 39 minutes.  Swam 100 yards easy then 500 yards in about 10:30--I wanted under 10 minutes but next time.  500 more yards after this pretty slow, although I was giving it good effort.  I was definitely tired after this.  I am finally starting to get into a better pattern with the disciplined breathing and not feel so panicky with my face under water.

It was tough to stay motivated today...today I wanted to run.  Soon....whenever I was attempted to slack on intensity in the intervals I would ask myself, "What kind of shape do you want to be in when you get to come out of this pool?"  I started out with a one hour pool run. About a 3-minute warm-up, then 5 x (1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 1:30, 1:00) with 30 seconds easy between intervals and one minute between sets.  Recovered 2 minutes then 4 x 45 seconds maximum intensity with 15 second recovery.  Cooled down a few minutes, then threw off the belt and put on my goggles and swam 1000 yards in around 21-22 minutes.  I am definitely getting smoother and faster with this swimming thing.  For the first time EVER, I was swimming faster than the people in the lane next to me(usually I'm the slow struggling one).  My shoulders and pecks and back and triceps are feeling it.  It's a good kind of sore. 15 days to my x-ray.  Left knee/tibia, can't even tell there's anything wrong at all.  Right knee/tibia, can feel something vague if I have been on my feet all day.  I've been chowin' tums and milk and red meat and oranges.  Those bones better be bulletproof when they're done healing.

Dreaming of the day I can run again.  Aquajog:  5 minute warm-up, 10 x (45 seconds intense, 15 seconds easy, 45 seconds intense, 15 seconds easy, 2 minutes hard, one minute easy), 5 minute cool down.  This was pretty intense but over quick.  One hour. Out of the pool and off to pick up my daughter.

3050 yard swim, about a 70 minute workout.  Started out wanting to bang out the first 500 in under 10 minutes but kept having to stop and empty water out my left goggle.  10:47.  I stink at this.  Piddled for 150 yards until I totally got the goggle situation under control, then swam 1 mile in 40:32, brief wall break, then 550 more yards slow in 11:47--I lost count so thus the extra 50. My $7 hot pink walmart water resistant watch did just fine.

60 minutes steady pool-flailing trying to keep my heartrate up.  I went round and round the giant floating snake in the deep end of the rec pool.

Drove up to Abilene this morning and directed runner traffic on the Eisenhower Marathon course.  I remember being confused at the "Y" where I stood and directed runners--I wasn't surprised at how many tried to go the wrong way!  It was fun cheering for my comrades and watching a marathon from a whole other perspective.
60 minute pool run.  5 minute warm up.  Ladder 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1  minutes hard with one minute easy between intervals, 2 minutes easy, then 5 x 1:30 hard with 30 seconds easy, 3 minutes easy, then 2 45 second sprints with 15 seconds in between--got my heart rate up to 200 here, kept it over 160 on the intervals.  5 minute cooldown.