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Day 49

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Another brutally cold morning. And another cold day off from school. So I went back to V3. I did some yoga and it took me a little bit to figure out what workout to do but I opted for one that had squats, thrusters, and I modified to bike instead of run. The workout took about 30 minutes. But I had also planned on swimming so even though I was pushing an hour already I went down to the pool.

I decided that my body was already warmed up and jumped into the TriDot swim assessment. I did it in the wrong order and without enough rest, because I couldn’t remember! I did 200m – 2 min rest – 400m. It’s supposed to be 400m – 10 min rest – 200m.

I also used a swim snorkel and didn’t push off the walls, so it was 25m lengths with a short pause.  My times were 4:47 and 8:18. Not too bad for where I’m at currently.

Enjoy this pic from my afternoon walk.

01152020 – Swim

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It’s been awhile since I’ve been in the pool. My shoulders already felt a little sore from yesterday so I didnt want anything super intense but needed to get in the water. I ended up doing a 100m warmup and then 50m with paddles, 50m free, 50m with kick board and then 200m. I worked up in 100m increments to 400m.

I’ve never used paddles before so that was interesting. I will need to do some research on using them to make sure I do it right. The 50m right after felt super smooth!

I ended up with 1300m total over the workout, plus the 200m with the kick board that my watch never picks up.

12042019 – Swim

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A good swim this morning. I started with 200m and then did a variety of kick board, fists, and kicks. I threw in some kicks and 100m in between. I ended with 400m. This was a total of 1200m which is my longest swim yet. It felt good.

12012019 – Run & Swim

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An easy snowy run to start the month off. We’ve gotten a mixture of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and more snow in the past few days. It was snowing lightly when I left. It’s hard to figure out running routes in the winter dur to the ski trails. This route should work and had a good portion of paved and plowed trails with some fresh powder. Running on the train tracks wasn’t actually bad since there was so much snow!3.4 miles 35:32 32f and windy with snow falling.

In the afternoon we took the kids to Lifetime for their swim assessment to see how they fit into Lifetimes scheme of swim lessons. They are 501 and 301. While that was happening I did a quick swim.

I did 2 x 400 with about 90 seconds of rest between. They were each around 7 minutes. The first a little under and the second a little over.

After we played in the water for a little bit.

11042019 – Swim

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After completing 20.3 (heavy deadlift) and 20.4 (heavy clean and jerks) my lower back was super tight. I have been using my TENS unit and rolling it, but it isn’t loosening up. I decided to skip CrossFit this week until Friday’s Open workout. So I decided to kick off my Ironman 70.3 training with a swim today. I went to New Hope and was the only one in the pool when I got there. I ended up with a total of 700m in the pool.

I started with 50’s bilaterally breathing, did some 100’s and used the kick board and pull buoy. I finished out with some 50’s. I was in the water for about 25 minutes. It all felt pretty good, I was taking it nice and easy!

I ended with sitting in the hot tub which felt really good on my back!