Tired shoulders

So today's swim was awful. I'm almost just bagged it at the end of the 3rd 100 yard set. I basically have been swimming 100 yards and take a little break then start the next one. After the first 100 I was sore. I decided to breath mostly from the left today as my right arm seemed to have enough energy to get into the water while I was breathing.

The hand opposite the breathing side has a lot of trouble for me. It's like it's dragging. I need to hit up some YouTube clips or something to see how real swimmers do it.

I finished the 3rd one and decided I'd push the 4th 100 for what I could. I did and my time was 2:20 which is still god awful slow. Oh well, hopefully I'll get enough technique and strength to help in a years time. The weirdest thing so far from swimming is my heart rate. I can barely breath and I'm totally gasping for air after I finish 100 yard but my heart rate is 90. It's the craziest thing. When I'm going hard on the bike or run, my heart is around 170+. At 90, I'm barely pedalling or running and definitely not gasping. Strange.

I finished and changed into my running clothes for a 60 minute run on the treadmill. I was a little tired at first but got into it just fine. I decided to try Clif Blocs which are an alternative to gels for during exercise. They worked fine but definitely take a little chewing to get down. They're like a a big square gummy bear.

The cool thing was I tried a different bank of treadmills at the gym. These treadmills had two mini-fans built-in to the console. It was awesome as just a little breeze helped a lot. I was still pretty drenched in sweat at the end but not so crazy wet that it looked like I had just gotten out of the pool.

I bought the Clif Blocs yesterday at the running store. I had to return an extra pair of fast laces that I had bought prior to my big dualthon this summer. I thought each box was a single lace for each shoe so I bought two. Duh! Each box had a pair. I needed a "race belt" for holding my number when I race the upcoming triathlon. I purchased an extra pair of running socks and new pair of running shorts. The shorts were quite nice as I used them this morning.

All in all I made it through the workouts and drove home. I was really tired from staying up too late Saturday playing poker at Andrew's house. He had a barbecue at 5pm that I went to and figured I'd bust out of poker early. For some reason, I got pretty lucky at the tables last night and got 2nd place. I didn't get home til 11pm.

I had planned on taking a nap anyway today so when I got home I did. I only had to wake up because our fantasy football league was having a draft at 11:30. I feel rested in order to make that early 5am wake up tomorrow for another swim. I hope it goes better tomorrow...