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This week I was extremely pumped. My energy levels were through the roof and I don’t know why.
The week started as usual on Tuesday with quite a long swim, 90 minutes in the swimming pool. I felt pretty good while I was swimming. Then I went to work and afterwards I jumped on the trainer. While on the trainer I had one energy bar and it helped a lot for the upcoming run. The run was fairly long, 75 minutes, but the best or the worst was the last 30 minutes where I go uphill hard and then I come down easily. I have enough time to do it 6 times and the last one was the best, it was where I was most concentrated.
On Wednesday, I had scheduled a longer swim but I had to leave to work so I did not as much as expected although it was a pretty tough session. Then I went to work and later at night I did my brick session. 2h on the trainer followed by a 45minutes running. Surprisingly I was feeling pretty good.
On Thursday I had an easy swim, technique focus. In the afternoon I had an alone long run. It consisted of 105 minutes long run starting from my work and then I would see where I would end up. The profile of the course was not the best to do a great time; it starts downhill, flat, uphill, to be slightly downhill and a bit uphill by the end of the way out. The problem is that I had to come back and the last hill is pretty long and steep. I missed my average goal pace by 2 seconds per kilometer. It was a good run, I can’t deny it. But I was not 100% happy. Also it was a bit stressing the fact that I could not find my energy gel and that I was going to run only on sports drink.
On Friday I did not know until now that I had an extra session, although I wouldn’t have had time to do it. Swimming hard in the morning, very hard. Later, after work I had this speed skills session on the bike. The one that I missed were the 30minutes run.
On Saturday as always I had my long ride. But this time I had introduced some differences from the previous weeks and that is my sleep was split in to two parts. Well I had to drive to Barcelona’s airport and come back. I started later than usual but surprisingly I put one of my fastest average speeds ever and what was even better was the 4km run after 5 hours on the bike that took me less than 15 minutes to complete. I was astonished.
On Sunday morning was another tough day. I like to work out in the morning so I have all afternoon free. The swim was good, I had this exercise where I had to swim at test pace for 800m straight and I was only down 6 seconds of the goal time. And once again, I was not completely happy but I have to say that it is better than I had expected it. Then I went for a run and I was feeling heavy until the gel kicked in, then I was feeling pretty good and it would’ve been a good run if it wasn’t because I had lost my foot pod.
So even though I did not have much time to do anything else this week has been pretty good. I have seen improvement on the bike, I ran pretty fast for long enough and I swam pretty good. Also I have been introducing some polo swimming at the end of the session to start getting ready for the upcoming open water swim.
On Saturday night I was walking to the car. It was around 3 in the morning and I was surrounded by drunken people, people who at that moment seemed worry less, happy and enjoying the night. All I knew was that I sometimes have thoughts of going back to that life, trying to have what most of the people would call it a normal life. Getting out at night, getting drunk, hitting o girls… Well that life is not for me right now. I have a dream to pursue and some determination.
Sure I would change a few things if I could but I have not had the reason to do it. There is no one who excites me enough or at all. There are pretty girls everywhere but none that attract my interest enough or I don’t attract their interest either. I sure think I should have a girlfriend but in the end I would not have time for her, so what is the point?
I have talked to many people and they all say oh it will come to you, blah, blah, blah, I guess I should be accessible if it has to come to me, and right now I think I put more effort in not having anyone around me than finding someone. Also I don’t think that in this moment of my life any one from my past would suite me anyway.
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