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After and easier week the real work has begun. I have been able to start understanding the meaning of keep easy days easy and keep hard days hard. I used to do this mistake where I used to take easy days harder and hard days easier.
I started to work out on Tuesday morning with some force swimming session, it involved a lot of pull buoy time. Then after work I jumped on the bike to do some force training as well and while Barça was playing Real Madrid in the second match of the semifinals of the Champions League I went to run because that was part of the schedule. I did some hill running. Even though there was not much time between the bike and the run I would not consider a brick session.
On Wednesday, I woke up with very stiff calves from the night before. I was used to run but I wasn’t used to such hard training. Endurance training is not as important anymore and I have started to put harder work. In the morning I had scheduled a speed skills workout, it was going to be long but not as demanding as other sessions. Then in the afternoon I had a brick workout. I worked out for two hours with only 15minutes running, but it is good to start doing some bricks and some more running even though it is short it is good to put some mileage on them.
By Thursday, I knew it was going to be tough, my legs weren’t feeling good yet but I had to keep going. The morning swim was very hard. I felt I was going fast but it was not enough, it was one of the few days that I timed my laps. Then in the afternoon I went for a run on my own first and then I joined some friends. It was very good to meet with them and they helped me a lot. They made me go slower so I was able to work on some endurance. I tend to train too fast sometimes and they helped me to anchor me down.
On Friday I was pretty tired and fortunately for me I had a long easy swim. In the afternoon I had to take a little nap before the speed skills workout on the bike.
On Saturday I had scheduled a group ride with two friends. We would meet half way, then I would take them home and then I would finish my workout. Since I was going to have a 4h long bike ride I took 4 large bottles with me. Also the week before I had changed the set up of my bike for one that is a little more aggressive but there is a problem, it is harder to climb. Supposedly I am faster on flat and downhill but I suffer a lot climbing. So we started the first climb and they took so much time from me that I could just not see them anymore. Well I was easily carrying about 4kg more plus a more aggressive set up. Then after the climbs I was following them fairly easy. When I came back home I put my runners fast and I left the house for a 15 minutes run. I was very fast and for the first time I was feeling pretty good after the bike ride. I average 4minutes per kilometer. I know it was a very short run but it was pretty fast. After that I had lunch and I played some paddle tennis with friends.
On Sunday I wanted to run the Girona’s half marathon but they ran out of bibs so I could not race, instead I went to the swimming pool for some technique work for about 45minutes and then I went for a run. The run was a 45 minutes one, the first 15minutes were solid, then I would sprint for 30 seconds and I would rest for 1 minute to run solid again the last 15 minutes. I would say that it was very intense and I was lucky to keep it under the hour.
Also this week I was worried because I was supposed to work on the weekend but luckily for me they did not have everything ready at work for me to work so I was able to rest over the weekend and have some fun with friends, playing paddle tennis, going out a little bit and having lunch with some of them.
Having lunch with some friends with kids made me realized that it will take me long to have some kids on my own. They are stressful and tiring. So no rush for the moment, anyway I don’t have what it takes to have them.
At the moment I don’t have much time to think on anything but work and training so I have put much thought about the past. I just know I would not like to do as many mistakes as I did. And Having a friend younger than me telling me that he is old enough to end games with his girlfriend made me realize that I won’t have one any time soon. I don’t have time to worry about my own problems, how should I find time to worry about our problems and her problems as well?
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