AM: 2.25 h steady bike. 15 min wu @ 60-65% max hr, then 4x15min @ 85% max hr with 15 min recoveries. It was one of those days where you wake up at 4:30am, you feel dead, think about pushing the workout to another day when you feel fresh, start the workout, have a hard time getting your hr up, then...bam! Things fall into place and you have a good, hard workout in the zone!! I finished strong, awake, and ready to start the day! It helped to get a text message from a friend saying this: "This is you!": 
I have to admit, I've been feeling kinda bummy about training. I'm putting in a ton of time and hard work to crosstrain, but it's all blind. I have no idea my pace/speed or if I'm improving/losing fitness. It's making me crazy. I have a hard workout like today, feel so proud, then an hr later feel so inadequate. It's mind games, I know. I just have to cage this and keep the faith. Thank you, my friend, I sooooo needed this text!!! PM: 78 min waterjogging; 20 min wu, 2x[9x1:30 mins hard, 30 sec recoveries], 2 mins easy between sets, 20 min cd. There was hardly anyone in the pool, which meant minimal water slapping my face. :) I can't believe I worked up to 2x9 sets of these!!! I started at 2x5 4 weeks ago, and I can tell I have improved. Yay!
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