Week 7 - Wednesday

Woke up this morning still feeling a little worn down, but mad at myself for yesterday's unplanned rest day. Ashley was going to the mall with friends, so I decided to use the time to punish myself for my mental and physical weakness by making up both of yesterday's workouts in addition to today's.

I headed off to the gym and started with a 1600 meter swim. The pool wasn't crowded, yet an older gal insisted on hugging my lap lane and I nearly collided with her multiple times. No idea what she was doing. Regardless, it was another good swim from a technique standpoint, and I felt better getting out of the water than I felt going in. After the swim, I ran 4 miles at about an 8 minute pace.

In the evening, I met up with Paul for an interval run session and the Wednesday night cycle class. The gym was busy and every treadmill was taken. We warmed up on stationary bikes while we waited. By the time a couple opened up, we'd taken up enough of our time that we had to cut the interval run down to 3 miles instead of 4 in order to get to the cycling class on time.

The class was nearly full, perhaps because it was Rachel's last class before she moves away. She's a great instructor, so I'm sad to see her go. She worked us hard with a good mix of hills, sprints, and jumps. I left feeling utterly drained after a very heavy day of exercise, but pleased that I'd made up for the hole in my training plan from yesterday. We'll see if I pay a price for this tomorrow!