Feelin' kinda hardcore today.

Gym

Run - 2.5

Swim - 40 mins (6x100, 2x150)

Today I made up for the laziness of yesterday by working out for more consecutive time than I have in god knows how long.

I hit up the gym first thing this morning and worked through my routine. Runners World had an article this month that was essentially written for me. It was on pelvic strength and how runners tend to just do leg exercises when we really should be strengthening other parts of our bodies that might not get the attention needed just through running. The article also had some points on how to deal with injury that really helped me to read. That magazine has sometimes made me sad when it would have articles on how to stay motivated in training when all i wanted to do was run enough that I would have trouble motivating! It was nice to read an article that felt so on point with where I'm at in my running life. 

I ran twenty minutes on the injury trail today and things continued to feel quite solid. I'll admit to a slight amount of weakness creeping in, but off and on, and frankly it didn't feel like a warning weakness ("hey! it's going to start hurting soon.") but rather my body getting stronger ("hey, your not completely better but we're getting there.") And yes, my pes anserinus does speak to me (for those curious, any reference ever made to "knee" is actually referring to the "pes anserinus" which is not the knee at all).

During my run I ran into Fern, Mark, and Craig while they were running. That's one thing I love about the Encinitas-Del Mar span is that its like this little community, and if I don't run into someone at the gym I'll probably see them running along 101.  It was also nice to see some of my runner friends while I was actually running, instead of always just talking about running.  I am slowly going to prove to my friends that I am indeed a runner, despite my past gimpy status. 

So then, just to be uber hardcore, I hit up the pool to bust out some quick 100s before meeting up with my mom and grandma for breakfast. The weather is being stupid, so I didn't want to not be able to swim tomorrow due to the weather and go 5 days without hitting up the pool. It was a good swim day overall. I fell into a rhythm and even managed to do some 150s and feel that some 200s tomorrow are def doable. I did have two slight panic attacks. When I was sharing a lane with some guy who was way faster than me I realized two things: First, I'm going to have to learn to swim fast. I know that's a ways away but still, right now I'm essentially a jogger planning on racing a 5K. Second, I'm going to have to deal with other people. The dude kept splashing me (ok that was officially the most retarded complaint ever from someone who was in a pool) and it kinda threw me off. I realized I'm going to have people splashing me, grabbing at me, knocking in to me, and god knows what else.  I better learn to deal. 

So that was my hardcore workout for the day. Now I've managed to plop myself in my super comfy papasan chair with a book and coffee in order to reenergize myself.  I'm sure I'll get up eventually...