A small change this morning in the swim schedule. It seems that our Wednesday pool feels that for "security" reasons, we can no longer open the pool, and have to wait for an employee. This means the start of the swim for the rest of the year is now 6am, only giving us 1 hour in the pool. The workouts will be shorter, and probably a bit more intense to compensate. This morning would be a good example. Long sets, no rest periods marked, so basically "keep moving" was the order of the day. I wasn't quite at the front of the lane, in part because of fatigue, in part because my name was on the board. The coach wanted to those of us who raced on the weekend to take it easy, and we were listed by name. (I guess he wouldn't have approved of last night's Hour of Power.) A good workout, it was nice to get back in the water (who would have guesses six months ago I'd ever say that?), and I put in a solid effort. I got caught shortening my pull during one of the harder sets, which I have a tendency to do when I'm pushing the pace. I need to slow down and do full strokes and I'll be even faster. So, that's my new cue for hard sets.
Swim: w/u - 400yds as 75 free/25 non-free
400 as 25 scull/75 pull
400 as 25 head-up/75 free
400 race opener pace
400 as 100 non-free/300 pull
400 sprint race pace
c/d - 400 as 100 non-free/300 free
Total: 2800yds
Right now is a bike focus, so I'm not doing any big running, but I'm keeping the mileage up, and trying to tick up the distance of the Wednesday runs every couple of weeks. It will never get too long, barely into double-digits, but with some carry-over fatigue of the Tuesday rides, will strengthen the system. The run at the Muskoka Chase may be a bit of a struggle for me since it will be near the limit of my mileage at that point, but I've run on pure guts before, so I'll get through it.
Run: 6 miles @ 7.2 mph
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