The day started out like most Tuesdays & Thursdays (and likely Fridays now, too). Alarm goes off somewhere around 4:25 (my clock runs fast) to get up and moving in time for 5:30 swim. I pack everything the night before so I can get up and out of the bedroom before anyone wakes. Lately, it's not working as Sadie (the little morning flower) has decided that it's time for her to get up, too. Which means Nicki and Shawn are then up, foiling my plan of trying to let everyone else rest.
I am completely not a morning person and driving through the fog this morning made me think about how delightful it's going to be during the winter. I also don't drive with any music playing at that time of the morning because I need total focus to make sure no animals don't dart out in front of me. Hey, it's how I roll.
Everyone in the group wanted to know how the tri went. I don't have much of a poker face and I started to feel angry with myself about how bad I did (vs. how much better I should have been able to do). I really let myself down with inadequate training and that bothers me a lot. Hence, the post-race blues.
So, anyway, that first jump into the pool is always the hardest. They keep the pool around 78, I would guess. Utilizing chillers in the summer and heaters in the winter. I don't like chillers. After the warm up, we go into the main set which today was 50m repeats on 1:05 - which is easy for most, but I'm just getting to be able to do a consistent 0:55. My fastest today was 0:48 but the true start of the day was when I just couldn't hold the set and had to set one out of every 5 or 6 out. I don't know if I am still tired from the race or if I just still suck so much at swimming, but it REALLY frustrated me today.
After swim, I swung by Dunkin Donuts for some more iced tea as I didn't have enough at home and headed into work. My first sight at work was a messy, crumby, sticky desk. From that point, it just continued in a downward spiral. Not going to detail too much about work, but there was a lot of dumbass with a swig of stupid today coming from many sides.
I had planned to go to the gym and then spin tonight, but in the end decided to come home and do a little here. Shawn is certain that my lack of swim ability has to do with my complete lack of upper body strength. I'm pretty sure he's right, so we're working on pull ups, hangs, crunches, push ups, and all the other stuff that goes along with it.
Registration for next year's Escape to Miami has opened. Do I want to commit to it again and try to train and better my time? Or do I just want to finish Chicago and move on with indefinite training until I establish a solid base? Not making the decision tonight. Still too frustrated with the performance to want to think about it.
Congrats to Shawn for getting his first "legit" muscle-up tonight! Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QvLH10Ttt8
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