Yesterday was a good day. I didn't know it during my long run that morning as I slogged through a painfully slow 12.5 miles, legs just dead and tired. But when I met Marcin at the pool at 3, I felt revitalized.
My legs were still less than 100%, but I felt smooth and comfortable warming up as I prepared for my swim test, an 800yard time trial. I started off as comfortably as possible, but still split the first 100 in 1:17.6. I tried to keep the pace around 1:20 per 100 and just got into a groove. It started getting tough around 500 but i just tried to push through and keep going. With 100 to go I went for broke and sprinted with everything I had left knowing I was on pace to dip under 10:40. I was pushing down the last length and hit the wall in 10:39.8. A 35 second PR!
This was a huge workout for me. I've been putting in thousands of yards and have been feeling improvement but this was the first time in a while that I've been able to see the benefits of training so plainly. I'm fired up now and ready for more. With CapTex just three weeks away, it couldn't be a better time to start getting in a groove.
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