More Monsters of the Deep

Got to listen to a little Devildriver on the way to the pool this morning. Had "Monsters of the Deep" kick on just as I was pulling in. I thought this was a good sign (or a potential bad omen) given what I knew the workout was.

We've been building to a 2000m time trial at the end of May, and today was the last of the prep workouts, at 4x500m. Given my last 400m TT time (6:43), that gives me ~8:30 as an all-out effort, so I figured I could hang around 9:10 for all the sets. With only 60 seconds recovery, that's 1:50/100m so for me, a solid pace. When I finished the first at 8:53, I was feeling pretty good about the day, but also a bit concerned I may have overcooked it. But I kept the next two reasonably close (8:55, 9:05) before giving out on the last effort (9:17).

Have you ever beaten a goal, but somehow still been a little disappointed? I set out for 9:10-20 and all but one crushed that time, but still that one kind of ticks me off. Things were going so well, but I just didn't have anything left on that last set. Still, doing 1:51/100m when your target is 1:50/100m is not that bad. But I still would have loved to see sub 9:10 on every pass.

Swim: w/u - 200m each free, non-free, pull
4x50 free, descending, 15"
100 ez non-free
100 ez pull
4x500 free, 1' (8:53, 8:55, 9:05, 9:17)
c/d - 100 each back, breast, pull
Total: 3300m

Then I went for a nice little jaunt during the lunch hour. Approximately 2.5 miles, not pushing much. I knocked it out in 18:40, so a shade better than 7:30/mile. Not bad considering half the run was into a 40 km/h wind, and finishes up a quarter-mile 3 to 8% grade. The legs be rested, and I'm feeling strong.

Run: 2.5 miles, ez