Training & Work Stress

I guess I've been more on edge the past week than usual as seen by flying off the handle and misinterpreting two people's fine wisdom(Tri-Rob & Garren). They've been there and done it and I need to pull my head out of my ass and listen.

My swim sucked this morning but Sunday's swim was good. Go figure. I think it has to do with 5AM swimming vs. 8AM swimming. It seems I go real fast on my weekend swims and not so much during the early weekdays. I've been working on trying to get as comfortable as possible with bi-lateral breathing. I think that's what real swimmers call it. I can go faster for less energy doing this type of swimming. Of course, I swollen a ton more water and drowning is a real possibility. Form also is tough to manage because I'm so focused on breathing in and out. I think I'm gonna focus exclusively on this so I can get faster and build it as a habit. That way if all else I can breathe every stroke if bad things happen.

My running is still feeling really good. I'm definitely getting back in the groove. I can feel my mental side coming around finally. The bike well is the bike. I can't seem to get a nice feel on it just yet but it's all base right now so I'm sure it will come around when I start really doing focused workouts. Just trying to get the miles in without too much worry on fast or slow.

I'm still planning on a rest week next week. I figure even with base it's probably good to take an easy week every 4th week. Basically, I'll cut back the cycling and swimming and leave the running alone since I'm not putting any big running base in at all. Based on the Going Long book, you just maintain your strength and really train the crap out of your weakness. My current weekly mileage of just over 25 a week will get me through the winter no problem. The hard part is I can easily run in super crappy weather but sitting on the trainer for 90 minutes 3 days a week and a 3-4 hour weekend ride is gonna be tough.

Next time I'll think before I insert my foot in my mouth...