I went swimming!

My legs needed a break after a tough workout last night. I was back on the track, this time with 16x400s with 200 meters recovery. I wasn’t really expecting to run all that well after a pretty miserable Monday run, and the 80+ degree/88% humidity weather wasn’t helping!

It also didn’t help that I started out WAY too fast, running with another member of our group. I knew she was faster than me, so I shouldn’t have tried to keep up!

But that didn’t last long …

1. 1:52
2. 1:54
3. 2:00
4. 2:00
5. 2:03
6. 2:05
7. 2:05
8. 2:04
9. 2:06
10. 2:07
11. 2:01
12. 2:05
13. 2:10
14. 2:02
15. 2:02
16. 2:06

Uh, yeah. I couldn’t really keep up with my 2:02 goal pace yesterday. But at least I was out there, and I finished my workout. I’m totally blaming some of those slower intervals on all the non-runners out on the track. It was really crowded last night. Walkers in the fast lanes, toddlers wandering around, kids on bikes, etc. It was driving me crazy!

My legs definitely needed a break today, so no run for National Running Day. But I did finally get my butt back to the pool to start prepping for Iron Girl!

I was pleasantly surprised to find it pretty quiet at the pool tonight — I got my own lane for the entire workout. I grabbed a kickboard and pool buoy and got to work.

I don’t usually follow a planned workout, though I should probably try that sometime. I just like to get in there and knock out the yards!  I alternated 100s with the  kickboard or buoy with freestyle and breast stroke for the first 1300 yards, taking breaks often as I got used to being in the water.

I was feeling great. I swam the last 300 yards freestyle almost continuously, and felt like I could have kept going. I figured 1600 yards / 55 minutes in the pool was plenty for my first swim of the year!