Week 10 - Thursday

I was feeling achy in the knees all day today following yesterday's brick training. That, coupled with knowing I have a 20 mile run on Saturday, made me decide on limiting myself to a swim only tonight. I headed to the gym after work for a 2000 meter swim.

After the first 250 meters or so, my goggles began leaking on both sides. Since IAC's pool is basically a concrete box full of chlorine with just a splash of water, this very quickly started to drive me nuts. I was forced to interrupt my swim a few times to dump my goggles, dry off the seals, and try to tighten things up. Each time I thought I had them fixed only to have them fill up again. It was bad enough I nearly cut my swim short.

Finally, about 1000 meters in, they finally sealed up. Of course, by then my eyes were on fire, but I finished the swim as planned. All the messing around though meant it took me 51 minutes to swim 2000 meters. Ugh.

Next, a day off on Friday and then a big run on Saturday!