Back to work...no, actual job work :(

Well, I realized why I was able to get in such a solid 3 days of workouts...I had those days off of work!! It is absolutely incredible how much training, and REST for that matter, one can get done when you don't have to be standing on your feet for 8 hours of the day. Not to mention the mental stresses that go along with it. Listen, I understand, people have to work. You have families, friends, pets to take care of and money is a necessary evil; however, if your job requires standing all day then it stands (pun intended) to reason your legs will be ON FIRE when you get home and all you will want to do is drink beer! I guess the trick is to find something that you like to do that coincides with, well, you LOVE to do! Ok, now that is out of my system...to workouts. Friday went well (ish) I knocked out my tempo run Friday morning before work while the girls were at the sitters. 20 min warm up, 30 minutes at tempo pace (ended up being about 5:20/mile), and a 10 minute cool down. Ended up with about 10 miles total in an hour, so not a bad run. That's where work comes in...by the time I got home I was starving and the girls were tired and grumpy, so workouts did NOT happen. Saturday was basically make-up day as I knocked out 2500 yards of swimming and then got in the lifting Shannon has me doing that I was SUPPOSED to do on Friday. About the swim, I felt great!! I just wanted to do a few fast 100s (yards, not meters) and use the rest as simple recovery. (quick side note, the fastest 100 I have done since coming back this year is 1:12, and my fastest since starting triathlons is 1:07) My first 100 went 1:10, rested 20 seconds, then went 1:09!! That was awesome, so I just swam an easy 100 to recover a bit then did 2 more with 20 seconds rest in 1:11, 1:13. I couldn't believe it. So, I swam easy a bit more, did a kick set, and did one last 100 as fast as I could while still maintaining form...1:06!! This is not a dive start, by the way. Yes, I realize that MANY people swim faster than that, but you have to understand that I NEVER got in the pool and seeing my swimming improve like this is huge for my confidence. The better I do, the more I want to swim, and the more I want to swim...the better I do! Well, unfortunately that was it for Saturday. I had planned on running a bit, but I felt like I had a stress fracture coming on in the lower interior tibula (the shin bone) and as I've gotten older I realize that taking a couple of days off of running to heal up is WAY better than 6 weeks in a boot! Sunday morning I knocked out a 3 hour ride (double flatted!!) that was wonderful, and now I'm getting ready to go run between 15 and 16 miles...I hope! You never know how you're going to feel when you get out there! I hope you all are getting your training in, no matter if it's a 20 minute run, just do SOMETHING...you'll feel better :) Hasta, -Yorek P.S. I worked noon-8 P.M. Friday-Sunday (where the workouts took a hit) and will work again 11-6 today...only one more week before I am a full-time athlete. That scares and excites me, haha. More on that later!