Monday: BJ and I hit the pool on our day off. The conditions were good because not that many people there but my arms felt a little tired. Honestly, all I could think about was the BBQ we were crashing that afternoon and my homemade guac. Yum!
62 lap swim – moderate to fast pace
Tuesday: I’m soo mad but I couldn’t workout. I had to work until 6:30pm (pretty much the latest I’ve ever worked, ever) and then I had a church meeting at 7pm. I barely had time to change out of my work clothes…
Wednesday: To make up for Tuesday, I did an intense hill workout. I ran hard for 20 minutes, sprinted up a HUGE hill five times (recovery was the jog back down) and ran the 20 minutes back home. I was so crazed about missing my workout on Tuesday that I sprinted my heart out – like so fast that I passed bikers going up the same hill. Yes, I’m that fast! I also felt like I was going to throw up when I was done….
When I got home, I did a quick gym workout – 3×10 squat jumps, 2×10 pushups, 3×10 biceps and 100 sit-ups on blue (my big, blue ball).
20 minute run (fast)
5x hill sprints (all out)
20 minute run home
Thursday: I went to the pool by myself (which says a lot about my dedication to training. Four words: I hate the pool). I’m lucky I got to the pool when I did. It wasn’t crowded (well, at least for the first 15 minutes) and I just barely finished my workout when the pool decided to close. I guess there was thunder in the area (??) – but it’s an indoor pool. Is that even legal?
800m (32 laps) – moderate pace
250m (10 laps) – kickboard
5x50m – all out sprint (15 second recovery)
250m (10 laps) – moderate pace
Friday: I decided to go for a morning run so I could take advantage of HH with my girlfriends after work.
30 minute run.
10 minutes – plyometrics
Saturday: The weather was nearly perfect and there was a professional bike race in the neighborhood – so I felt extra motivated to workout. I really wish I had my camelback toward the end of the run (it started to get really hot) but otherwise, I felt really strong.
33 minute run (4.5 miles)
15 minutes – exercises with the resistance band
3×10 squat jumps
2×10 lunge jumps
Abs
Sunday: Awesome weather and a nice breeze – so I just had to be outside.
35 minute recovery run with BJ (I’ve missed working out with him!)
Looks like a good week of workouts. What’s up with closing the indoor pool for thunderstorms? Weird. Why do you hate the pool so much. Are you addicted to open water swims and find it difficult to have to swim in a pool?
Next time swim in clothes like i had to do!
oh, and make sure you beat the other girl from my class!
Good question, Kristen! A few reasons why I dislike swimming:
a) the indoor pool I swim at is *disgusting* and always crowded. Plus I smell like chlorine for, like, 3 days and by the time the smell goes away, it’s time to swim again.
b) I think the water is too cold to swim in the winter and too nice outside to swim in the summer.
haha, I’m a mess. Honestly, though, I’ve recently started to like swimming more – so no more rating about the pool. Plus, it’s summer so I can swim outside.
PS – should I report the closing of an indoor pool??!!