Semper Gumby

It's a good thing that I'm disciplined enough to be on a flexible "plan" that I can reshuffle each week as needed. I'm getting my individual workout goals in, but they are inconsistent on which day of the week I do them. Though some of the modifications are due to moments of stupidity like Sunday's run. My 6 mile journey to idiotville left it's mark on me. Yes, I realize it was a 12 mile run, but it was only 6 there, and 6 back. Duh! Anyway, I've been suffering the last couple of days. Better now than during the race, right?

Yesterday I went to the pool with a full intention of doing a 3 x 500yd race pace swim. I was hating it by the middle of the first one, so I only did 2 x 500yd, with about 100yd warm up and warm down drills. I felt like I had done 5 times that, honestly. Stats:

1st 500yd in 7:55

2nd 500yd in 8:08

1:37/100yd average

Today at work started off okay, then got progressively more ridiculous. I swear I live in Office Space. If you haven't seen the movie, you should. Especially if you work in a cubicle farm. The woman behind me was talking to a friend about how her daughter (a couple of years ago) would not go swimming without wearing underwear under her bathing suit. Meanwhile, in the cube behind her, my manager and a coworker were having the Global IT Security call, and people on the line thought this lady was in the room, and wondered what the hell she was talking about. I had to get up and walk away, wondering what constitutes justifiable homicide.

My plan was to go with the Tuesday night FAST bike ride with the local cycling group. I opted out since my legs are still a tiny bit sore, and I didn't want an injury. Then I had a plan for a 30+ mile bike ride solo, but last minute stupidity and annoyance at the office killed my enthusiasm. I'm going to do the long ride Thursday instead, swim and maybe a brick tomorrow. So, today wound up being a tempo run by default. 10-14mph winds, according to weather reports, but I still had a decent run, with nice quick strides for most of it. Stats:

4.34 miles in 28:56 @ 6:40/mile

I could tell I was still pretty sore, but it felt good to get out there and stretch the legs again. I'm really working hard on a quick and slightly shorter stride, especially for faster (shorter) runs. With this, less heel strike and an attempt at less actual time that the foot is in contact with the pavement. It seems to work well until I start to fatigue, then old habits creep back in with heavy heels and long strides. I'm getting there, though.

Hopefully tomorrow I won't have to go to jail.