Monday, November 17, 2008

Great Morning

Alarm goes off @ 4am - ho hum. Another glorious Monday of work, how exciting...Not!
As I'm walking out the door, my phone rings, I pick up and the secretary tells me that I get the day off from work- scheduling error. I argue with here that I'm losing money and I WILL be in today. NOT!!
So I getting my running gear on and plan to run in the frigid air of 32 deg- Not!
I'm going back to bed - oh yeah.  After 10 mins of looking at the ceiling and pondering how nice it would be to go sleep, it wasn't happening. Now, I get the running gear on and head to the gym. Much more pleasant running in the gym in the morning. Less people, cooler air, and no prima-donnas. I did some intervals on the TM for an hour and then decided for the first time to swim some laps in the pool.
I came to the conclusion while swimming that my arms, shoulders, stomach and back were rather wimpy. Man that swimming is quite a workout! It could've been that I just ran for an hour, but either way I need to do some upper body workouts. Ever since I took up running again, I have had the urge to start the TRI training. Running, Biking, and Swimming with eventual plans to enter a triatholon event.
I figure if I start training now by running, swimming, biking, upperbody workouts, full work schedule, and family that I may be ready to enter an event sometime in the year 2040!
Run: 5.75 miles in 60 minutes(10:25pace); 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile intervals @ 8:35 pace with 1.75 miles of warmup and cooldown respectively.
Swim: (15) - 50 meter laps
Just to think that I did all of that before 6:30 am. Tomorrow I will get up @ 4am and do the same. NOT!!!
Enjoy your manic Monday!