Swim and trainer ride

Swam this morning for 1.5 hours, approximately 2000 M. Felt good. I think that the biggest advantage of the time in the pool is just that.... The time in the pool. It sounds weird but the more time spent in the water just seems to 'make you better'. The drills are super helpful too. The hardest part of today's workout was 8 50s on 1:20 followed by 5 descending (negative split) 150s with limited recovery. The recovery was 2 red hash marks on the timing clock; if you come in on the 1, you get 9 seconds rest between intervals, come in on the 4, you get 6 seconds. Not a lot in either case.

For the intervals on time, working harder sometimes won't buy you any time. If you want to rest between 50s, you need to be more efficient. This worked out well because it forced me to drive my hips and really reach. Through muscle memory I had 'forgotten' to drive my left hip since I had always breathed on my left side which threw my balance off and made it very difficult to breath to the right. But I'm back on track so it was an excellent workout.

On the other side of the coin my cycling workout was terrible, I was pressed for time so had planned to ride the trainer for 2 steady state intervals. For the life of me I could not get my HR into the range....highest I could get was 145, out of the saddle. As a result the workout ended up being endurance miles. My resting heartrate is up to 60, so I think that I may be slightly overtraining (normal is 53). The additional swim volume is doing it most likely, I think that I'll ease back a bit to try to be strong for the du this weekend.