Okay, I feel better now. My HORRIBLE workout experience last Thursday had me a little worried (from a psychological point of view). It really bothered me that I couldn't finish a swim workout, and I've tried not to think about it too much, but it keeps creeping into my brain.
Success always makes me feel better.
I completed the workout today with some degree of confidence. I'm also trying to incorporate some elements of the TI swimming program into my workouts. I'm kind of at an impasse on the swimming subject (probably just need to get my head out of the way). I want to learn the TI method (have been doing some reading and watched the video - will re-watch), but I don't want to screw myself up before the race. I know that trying to learn a new method my really play havoc with my training and established technique (such as it is). However, I don't feel that he way I'm swimming is sufficient for the long term goals. It would be great if I could get some one-on-one direction, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
Anyway - enough of the over-thinking. I swam for 17 minutes, and tried to go slowly to conserve my wind. I intentionally didn't count laps, because I think it makes my inadvertently force myself to speed up if I'm not finishing twice as many laps as the minutes on the clock.
After the swim, I hit the bike and pedaled for 35 minutes and covered a little over 8 miles.
*** Interesting note: I commented several weeks ago about how I thought the stationary bike gave a less-than-honest reading on distance ( I call them vanity miles). I've prety much confirmed this: on the stationary, I cover about 9 miles or more in a half hour, but on the road, I only cover about 8. Hopefully the new bike will add some speed by shedding a lot of weight.
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