Feeling Good and Weighing Some Options

What a relief. I am a few weeks into my new “program” and I have to say that each day seems to be getting easier than the previous. Runs are easier, swims are easier, and getting out the door to do any sort of workout is easier.

I got a long run in today. Well, my longest in several months. I hit just over 11 miles. I ran it at about 7:45 pace on average. There are several sections with some pretty good uphill (Birch Rd.) which slowed my pace to around 9:15 but I felt solid throughout, even on the steeper up sections.

I got the trainer out yesterday and rode my bike for the first time since last summer. I popped the first season of House in the DVD player and rode for two episodes…about 80 minutes. It was a nice easy 30 miles (+/-).

Yesterday evening I made my way back up to the Service pool and swam 2500 yards. My first 5 or 6 swims I was just logging yards. No sort of structured sets. Last night I put together a set of 4 x 300 yards (easy) with 3 x 50 yards (hard) between each. It felt good to push myself a bit and do some short yardage speed work.

I’m considering entering the Rondy Track Meet at the Dome at the end of February but am not sure what kind of results to expect at that time. It could be good to go have fun and use the races as speed workouts and not worry too much about times and places. I am entered in a swim meet that last weekend of the month so perhaps some rest might be nice but since I am not far from the “important” races a couple of hard days could be good too. We’ll see.