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This week I have been to the brand new local pool. It is a very nice 25m pool with a gym attach to it. So far has been great to swim there, it is not too full so I have always had a lane to myself.
Since last week I had a couple of days off and I was very excited because of the pool I decided to train for 8 straight days, it is very rare for me because I usually train only 6 days in a row.
So Monday’s workout consisted of a light one hour swim plus I wanted to know which are the heaviest weights I can lift for my strength training but they did not have all the machines neither free weights so I left before I was done but it was supposed to be my day off anyway.
On Tuesday I decided to ride for two hours in the morning and then I when to the swimming pool for some technique training. Technique training is fairly easy with long recovery so afterwards I went to the weight room to do some strength training. I used my old routine with the rubber bands, the swiss ball and the skipping rope.
Wednesday, one hour and ten minutes of force training on the bike plus one hour swim.
On Thursday I ran for one hour. I start to feel better on the run even though I still have problems with my right shin.
On Friday I went for the long bike ride, three hours on the saddle. This time I went through the same route as last week but I had to stop slightly earlier. The average speed was nearly the same, although I was able to coast downhill at almost 71kph, my fastest speed ever. The reason that I decided to do the long ride on Friday was because I wanted to go to the spin class on Saturday morning to support the local gym.
On Saturday I had to change my plans, I went to sleep late on Friday so I was too tired in the morning and my legs where still a little stiff so I decided to be in the safe side and go for a two hours ride instead of two hours of spin class because I don’t know how hard I can push myself on those bikes anymore and I did not want to get injured. Later that day I went for a swim. First 3000m since the shoulder tendinitis even though much of this distance was done with fins to avoid overusing my shoulders.
I did not sleep much on Sunday either and when I woke up I went straight to the gym for a run. It was the first time since the injury that I ran at an acceptable speed, 4mins/km for one hour. Afterwards I took my swim test and I am quite happy with the results because I thought I would be much slower. My T time for the next month will be 1:45mins/100m.
Since my BMI is so high I have been trying to eat less protein but it seems to be almost impossible. Here is a list of high protein foods that I am being offered all the time even though I have said many times that I can’t eat that: tuna, beef, pork, egg, chicken, fish, ham, salami, … (I know tuna is a kind of fish and I just could have said meat instead of listing chicken, pork, … but I just needed to mention all of them).
This week has been the last week of the prep week. From now on I will be focused on my training schedule because I would like to go big. The next 5 months are going to be extremely had. The weather is not going to help much it is going to be very hot and if I get a job I’ll have a very hard time in front of me. Although it is going to be hard, it is going to be fun as well. I won’t have much time to see anyone, I’ll mostly be working out but the fact that I am planning my own training plan is going to be awesome.
Last Friday I received a call and I haven’t told anyone. I don’t know what to do. Should I take it or should I not? I have pretty much everything sorted out but I am not sure yet.
I have been going to several interviews but nothing much has come out of them yet. I hope something good will come up soon.
I am tired of the situation, the questions, the yelling and the way that I am being treated. I am about to do what I think I have to do to be happier. The way that I am living right now is hard to follow a diet, it is hard to follow a schedule but since the local swimming pool the schedule gets easier.
Surprisingly she hasn’t been much around. She is been with me during the long rides and where I would like her to be.
To get my mind running I dream of the moment to cross the line and it pumps my adrenaline like nothing else. Even though this feeling is only while training because I refuse to race before the IM it helps to keep going and it makes me feel a lot more of an athlete and I think I can relate to Kilian Jornet (4 times Skyrunning world champion) when he quoted "At La Diagonale des Fous (The Diagonal of the crazy), a race in the Reunion island, a 24h race, I started to cry 20km before the finish line: I was so tired that I decided to distract my mind by picturing how I would feel crossing the line. Winning was not as exciting” in a newspaper interview.
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