I woke up in the middle of the night- checked my phone and it said 3am. It annoyed me that I wasn't able to sleep through the night but I figured that if I let it bother me sleep would be even harder to come by. The good news is that the next time I woke up it was 5:54am. The fact that I didn't end up tossing and turning trying to get back to sleep buoyed my mood a bit.
I sprung out of bed to check the weather. Uh-oh- we have a storm coming in later this morning. I have till about 10am before it started to sleet. Time to break out the Yaktrax. I love that thing. I can't believe I just discovered it this year.
Anyway, I knew that my run route would be blanketed in white this morning so I made sure to bring the camera along. (What made it even better was that the trail was empty, almost totally devoid of people). Below is the clip I took during my outing. The clip is really shaky so if you're prone to motion sickness you may want to pass. Reviewing my filming work made me realize that those "Blair Witch" kids must've had really steady hands.
I felt great post run. I think that I may have fully recovered from my heel issue. woohoo! As cooled down in my apartment I put on "Where the Wild Things Are". I was planning to head straight to the pool after a 15 minute stretch, but that movie ended capturing my attention. There was something about the kid that struck me... maybe it was his loneliness or his ability to build worlds in his head and live them out. Anyway I ended up watching about an hour of that movie before I was able to tear myself away.
The pool was surprisingly... populated. There were a few families there, and a few lanes had to be doubled up. I shared a lane with this triathlete who recently turned pro. I remember swimming next to her a few years back and she was lapping me over and over. I'm proud to say that she didn't lap me quite as badly this time around :)
My pool splits are cause for a reasonable amount of optimism for next season. Today the focus was on reaching and really activating my core muscles. I had renewed determination to stick to the 'ideal' stroke no matter how much my delts burnt. In the end I was able to do only 2200 yards included warm-up and cooldown, but I was content. The goal is the be able to hold this pace and from for 1500 meters. Which I think is very possible. The thought of my swim next season just thrills me.
Ok, gotta go make some spam masubi for the weekend.
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