Two-A-Days

Wow! 4:30AM came very early this morning. I got up, well, more like crawled out of bed with the assistance of my wake-up helper, Bailey. I was awakened by a happy tail followed by a cold, wet nose in my cheek and again in the center of my forehead. It was as if to say..."you woke me up with that clock, now you get up, too!" She undoubtedly was much happier to greet the day than I was. I had all of my clothes and swim gear ready from the night before which worked entirely to my advantage.

Midge, my training partner, and I headed off to the pool to swim. I stood at the double glass doors waiting on the center to open. I know that the lifeguard was seriously wondering if a rescue was in his future. I yawned, I stretch and I reluctantly got into the water. Luckily, it was the warmest the water has been since we've been swimming there. This must mean oh, 300+ days into training, that the heater has officially been repaired. Hooray! We had a fairly good swim, nothing to write home about but it was successful nonetheless. Didn't get to complete the full workout because I only had an hour to swim before having to be at work.

Today was not a brick workout but rather a split workout. The afternoon brought a 9-mile run. I ate dinner before running which I thought was going to be a huge mistake but turned out to be perfect. I ran the entire distance maintaining a steady and consistent HR. The route was a new one that I'd mapped and to my surprise was exceptionally hilly. Total run time was 95 minutes, which is pretty good for us considering the hills. We're really not trying to beat any time records anyway but are more focused on consistency and endurance for the remainder of our training season. We're 45 days away from this thing and now is not the time to worry about getting faster - that is for next season! :)