Today's training consisted of a 3k swim and 45 min. run. The swim wore me out. I've never pulled so much straight through and it definitely took a toll on me. I started off with an interval that turned out to my 5 seconds too much so I had to increase the interval by 5 seconds midway through the set. Because the repetition, you will definitely know how hard you're working and if you are working to hard, the set will tell you. In my case, it did. Lesson learned: start out more conservative and work into a pace that suits me for the entire workout.
The run was a 45 minute run on the treadmill with varying intensities and it turned out to be a pretty good run. When it came to the race pace interval, I pushed a 6:15 per mile, but I think this may be a bit out of reach if I was to run it more than 10 minutes, let alone an entire 10k. 6:15 per mile is the goal on race day, but I think 6:30's may be a bit more realistic for now.
Other than that, the day started at 5 AM because I had to write a lengthy paper on the role of religion in regards to the conflict in the Middle East. Not how I wanted to start the day, but it turned out to be worth the time. It's 11:15 here in Texas and I'm beat.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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Nice work Wes! Don't forget the instructions: You're to swim these all at the same pace! Since you're new to the program, you'll need some time to get a feel for each session, but in this particularly case what you'll be aiming for is something like this:
- First few 100's will feel real easy
- Meat of the set feels ok
- Arms getting tuckered near the end
- Arms really working it for the last3-4, trying hard to make the same split as the first few that felt so easy...and so long ago! :)
As long as you can do this without toasting your lungs (ie swimming it in control), you have "succeeded" at the set.
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