I got up this morning at 5:45 so I could run the Indatus 5K for Family Scholar House in Iroquois Park this morning. I guess I've gotten a little cavalier about running because on my way over I realized that I had not had anything to eat or drink. So I had to make a stop at a Thorntons for a pop tart and a gatorade. Then I realized I had not taken time to use the restroom. SO, I made another stop at a Starbucks to order a latte and use their facilities.
The weather was perfect and I met up with some friends and everything ended up going very well. ALTHOUGH, I can tell you from experience that running even a 5K without taking some fluid and at least a little bit of food can really mess you up.
With that behind me, I had to make up my swim from Thursday. I don't know what it was today, but I had to get out of the pool to pee three times today during my workout and I had charlie horses in my left calf three times also. I swam 2700m in total today and it ended up taking nearly 2 hours to finish. ((Warm-up 450m - 100m breast, 300m kick boarding, 50m breast) plus 5 sets of 450m consisting of 2sets of 200m free style plus 50m breast)
Now, following the workout, I felt pretty good but I knew that I needed some food pretty quickly. I stopped for some lunch and came home. I considered an afternoon bike because I got my bike back from repair yesterday but decided that it might be a good idea to take a short nap first.
Thank goodness, for some Common Sense! Once I laid down I realized that my workouts had been harder on me than I originally thought. I am still learning about swimming, and even though my combined effort was only a total of 2 and 1/2 hours of exercise (which I can do easily running or biking), I was wiped out.
Two hours later, when I woke up, I could tell that I needed something. So I got into the chocolate and got some gatorade. After several dove chocolate pieces, I am feeling better again but the bike ride will have to wait until tomorrow.
As you can not doubt tell, for me a lot of this is trial and error. When I first started thinking about triathlons, I felt sure that a sprint triathlon would be easy for me. I had already run 2 marathons and could bike 40 or 50 miles with no problem. But today, I was wondering if I was going to be able to do this after all. I realize that 2700m is a lot further than 800m. BUT, I am nowhere close to being able to swim 800m without stopping and I think that the triathlon is 5 weeks from today.
Next week is going to be an extremely busy week for me and I am worried about how I am going to find time for training. Also, next week should be when my swim gear up to repetitions of 500m free style and I'm wondering how I can possibly swim that far without a break.
Well, I'll take it one day at a time.
As always, let me know if you have questions. Also, if any of you are experienced in this and have suggestions, that would also be awesome. AND of course, if anyone else would like to contribute stories about their training, that would be really cool as well.
Have a great day everyone!
David
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