After returning from Alpine, the first item of business was to get back in the pool. Carlos prescribed a workout called, “Aerobic 200’s descending by 100’s” and was 3000 yards in length. The only reason I’m blogging about this now is because of the results of this swim, the results of Tuesday’s bike workout, the subsequent change in my weekly plan, and today’s events.
Here are the notes I gave to Carlos after the swim set:
• All goals accomplished, but felt sloppy and inefficient until the 3rd 200. Seemed to be more out of breath than usual. CRUSHED the sprints and felt strong for those.
And his response:
• Usually fatigue is present after a bout of altitude training.
It wasn’t until I gave him my notes from Tuesday’s 1hr 30min bike ride (called Anaerobic / Cadence Workout) that things changed.
• Couldn't quite get my HR where it needed to be on the efforts. Got a flat 1min into my last 3min effort (lap 23). Finished with a full 3 after I changed it.
Carlos’ response:
• Nice work. You are a bit fatigued. I'm going to scale you back before the weekend.
Wednesday was supposed to be a two-a-day with a hill repeat run and core workout while Thursday was going to be a ride that included 30sec all out, hammer fest, vomit inducing, leg crushing, sprints. To scale me back, Carlos made my core workout 1 set of each exercise (usually 3 sets), eliminated the ride and moved my hill repeats to Thursday.
Today is Friday the 13th and I was supposed to do a 1 hour Bartlett open water swim or 3000 yards in the pool. My morning started at 4:30AM when the alarm went off. After about 10 min, I finally got out of bed and started to get ready. While I was getting my suits on (I wear two, one is a very loose drag suit), getting my gear ready and brushing my teeth, I noticed that our family cat was following me around and talking much more than usual. At one point, I tried to get by her and she attacked my leg! She actually drew blood with her teeth! For some weird reason, it was at this point that I decided to get undressed, bail on Bartlett, and get back into bed. After all, I could just go up to the YMCA and nail 3000 yards after work. The next thing I know, I wake up to our daughter saying, “Is Daddy up yet?” I roll over and see that it is 8:15AM! I fell back asleep for another 3 ½ hours for a total of almost 10 ½ hours! I guess I’m a bit more than “a bit fatigued” since I am STILL yawning and tired as I write this! Oh and as for why our cat was so frisky this morning, the door to the laundry room, where we keep her food and litter box, was closed and she couldn't get in to eat or go to the bathroom all night. If I would have gone to Bartlett like I planned, I would have seen this and averted having her pee on one of our bedroom pillows that fell to the floor during the night. Gotta love Friday the 13th!
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