So I donned my Vegas pink suit, pink flip flops and grabbed a pink cap and headed to the pool. On the way in, I ran into a friend who had done the Bike Psychos ride on Sunday, and I think it was his first 100-miler, and he said he had 110 miles! Again, that meshes perfectly with me ending at 134 miles on the day. I congratulated him for toughing it out.
Arriving on the pool deck, I ran into Brent, who I've only seen once at the Y. I told him I must be psychic, and by that I meant that I was wearing my pink suit. We chatted, and I laughed because he knew what was going on with me because he reads this blog. I warmed up, and we chatted some more and he asked me how much I was going to swim today. I said I should swim 3500, but that I had looked at a workout and wasn't doing that and would just make something up.
I took off and was cycling through what I might do--5x500, 8x300, 6x400 or what. Initially, I settled in on swimming 2000 straight, then I was thinking 2x1500, but at 1500 I just wanted to keep going (which is odd, since I rarely do long, straight swims), so then I thought I'd keep going to 2000, but when I finished that, I figured I would just swim until 8:30. I ended up swimming 3000 straight, so with my warmup, 3800 yards.
So thanks, Brent, for inspiring me today. After all our talk about HTFU, I got that in my head and it got me going. Oh and yeah I enjoyed watching you swim there for awhile. I mean, ladies--have you ever known a guy named Brent who wasn't a hottie? I'd put him in my Hottie Brigade, except I don't have a pic of him (yet). Guess I need to take my camera to the pool...
Here's how I finished out last week:
| Weekly Workout Totals | 08/20/2007-08/26/2007 |
| Swim: | 10800 yards (6.13 miles) in 3.67 hours; 18% of weekly workout time; approx. 1284 calories burned |
| Bike: | Approx. 200.41 miles in 11.53 hours; 57% of weekly workout time; approx. 5191 calories burned |
| Run: | Approx. 28.16 miles in 4.42 hours; 22% of weekly workout time; approx. 2009 calories burned |
| Strength: | 0.72 hours; 4% of weekly workout time; approx. 180 calories burned |
| All Sports: | Approx. 234.7 miles in 20.34 hours; approx. 8664 calories burned |
| Sleep: | 7.61 hours avg./night |
| Stretching: | 1.83 hours. Massage: 1.5 hours |
1 comment:
I find it very interesting on workout days where all of the sudden my mind (and body, of course) decide that they want to do more than what I initially planned.
I will have to admit (being secure in my manhood ;) That the only Brent's I have known were good looking. I think my finace even dated a Brent.
I like your new time category, massage. I had one for the first time Monday after my race, and it was the best thing possible, except for the price. If I want to do it more frequently, I will have to go somewhere else, or tell the girl I know over there to give me a discount :b
Murtha...
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