in the pool.
the only lane open was the lane next to the shallow end, where the water exercise class was getting its groove on.
the 15 obese women went round and round in circles in the shallow end, frantically pushing their foam hand weights underwater, shuffling side to side. they continued in this fashion for approximately 40 minutes, roughly the duration of my swim. and let me tell you: 15 obese women can create one helluvah current! even when i swam at an angle, sprinting with all my might to get past the worst part of the current in the center of the pool, i still got blasted over to the opposite lane line. every. damn. time.
made for interesting sprint sets. but whatever. it was great practice for rough water conditions. something i've gotten much more of in this BSC pool than i ever expected.
this week and next week's workouts look like this:
M: rest day
Tu: 50min run (+ 8hrs of on-call for work)
W: swim sprint set (500wu, 6x200 super sprints, 200cd) + 1:15 spin
Th: 50min run + anaerobic trainer workout (wu, single leg drills, 3x8min hill repeats, cd)
F: long anaerobic swim (6x500 main set) or 1hr OWS. haven't decided which i'll do yet.
Sa: 16mi run
Su: 100mi bike
next week:
M: swim sprint set + 50min run
Tu: 1:15 spin (+ work 3-11P)
W: rest day (+ work 3-11P)
Th: 10x2min main set bike hill repeats + 50min run
F: same long swim choice workout as previous week
Sa: 80mi ride
Su: 18mi run
weekly total workout times are around 16-18h.
good luck to all of y'all racing Lake Placid this weekend! wish i could be there to start your IVs in the med tent like last year :)
Hahahahaha! That's hilarious! I'm glad you didn't drown!
ReplyDeleteThose workouts look spot on for these next two weeks. Go get it!