ChapterTwo

The stats below is from my jog yesterday morning. I can’t really say I haven’t had time to blog because I had like 7 blog posts in the past 2 days. I admit it. I was just too lazy to blog about my jog. Here’s my stats…

• Total Time: 0h 20min 34s
• Distance: 1.8 mi
• Heart rate avg: 90% / 174 bpm
• Heart rate max: 95% / 185 bpm
• Calories (burned): 293 Kcal
• Speed avg: 5.3 mi/h
• Speed max: 7 mi/h
• Pace avg: 11min 19s/mi
• Pace max: 8min 34s/mi

The jog started out fine. I was going at about an 8:30 pace, but things quickly turned sour. Less than half an mile in, I started feeling the ankle that had been bothering me. I could’ve cut my jog short and just turn around then, but I didn’t. Bad idea. Around an mile and a half in, the pain became unbearable. I had to slow to a walk. Looks like I can’t jog for another week…

Feeling fat, I wanted to work out again today. I wanted to run, but there’s no way my ankle would let me. So I went swimming today. I had a lackluster first 800m. I took 2-3 5 second breathers. Then, another swimmer jumped in my lane. It’s funny how a little competition can really motivate you. He probably wasn’t racing me, but I was certainly racing with him. It wasn’t really a fair race. In terms of speed, he was probably only a little bit slower than me, but he had to take a break every 100 meters or so. I had no problem lapping him a couple times. My goal was just keep lapping him. After the swimmer jumped in, I did 750m, nonstop. It’s amazing what a little motivation can do! I wanted to do 1750m today, but the pool was closing, so I could only get 1550 in. O well, next time… GO ME!

Twice in 1 week! AMAZING!

My bum ankle has kept me from running this week, so I’ve been swimming to make sure I stay in shape (relatively). This is the beauty of training for a triathlon. It’s really hard to get an injury that can stop you from training completely.

Today, I did 1200m non-stop (48 laps)! I didn’t start running out of juice until lap 40. I cranked out the last few laps just to get to a nice round number. I am not a fast swimmer. I am faster than the guys that just go for a few laps, but most of the guys that do laps are faster than me. It took me a few monthes of going 3 times a week to become a “distance” swimmer. I am so glad I didn’t lose that ability.

Tomorrow, I think I’ll get some biking in to give my ankle a bit more time to heal.

Oh, almost forgot to mention something. I’ve never gone to the Cerritos pool on a weekend before. I’ve always gone around 7am on a weekday. Man, there are a lot more people on the weekend. There are tons of kiddies taking lessons. And in the deeper end, there are people doing some syncronized swimming. I could hear the music in the water! How cool!

Anyway, that’s all. GO ME!

My left ankle has been feeling a bit funny since my 3 mile run on Tuesday, so to prevent from making it worse, I swam instead of jogged today. Today is the first time I swam since the triathlon in September. I did much better than what I expected. I did 800m (that’s 32 25m laps for those that are not familiar with swimming distances) without stopping! I wasn’t too concerned with the time. I was just happy I did it without stopping. I guess the running has kept me in decent cardio shape. My arms were getting tired after 250m, but I was able to tweek my technique a bit to save my arms and finish the 800. It feels nice to get a bit of upper body workout in. WOOO! GO ME!