Training Camp: day 4
Today was a day full of intensity. After quite a hunt to find a place to swim, I found the Catalina Pool. It was only a dollar and a half to get in. Eric, my coach, had this huge paddle set for me to do - a total of 3000 with the paddles and some other intensity. The pool was outdoors and the water was cold. It was a good set up for a hard swim. The only thing out of place was the milky white water. When the heat would kick in, bubbly water would come out of the vents - a little strange. I went to a sandwich shop after the swim and my arms were shaking while I was trying to eat my food.
The afternoon workout was a brick. It started with a ride with a total of 30 minutes of LT work and then an hour run with 20 minutes straight tempo. I was pretty dehydrated and toasted at the end of all this. I laid in the floor for quite a while after that. I was averaging 26+ for the LT sections on the bike. I'm pretty happy to be able to ride that hard after having ridden quite a bit already this week. The new bike feels rock solid underneath me during the hard efforts. I love it!
I really was needing a treat after today's pain. There is a Dairy Queen just a couple blocks down. I asked for their largest sized blizzard - a georgia mud fudge blizzard to be specific. It was so huge, I couldn't even finish it. If you have seen me eat ice cream, you know that it must have been huge.
