Lazy Day of Hard Training

Thursday was a lazy day of hard training. I began stroking water at 4:05 a.m. in the Twin Rivers pool. John was on time. WHAT!?!?!? Yeah. For the 4th time in literally hundreds of swims, he was there when we had agreed to be there. I swam

3,150 1:03:20 (2:00)
11 X 50
700 medium paddles
3 X 50
250 large paddles
550 small paddles
total: 5,350 yards = 4,889 meters

I then went home, ate some cereal, updated the blog, and went to sleep. Yep, I went back to sleep. It was a lazy day of hard training.

Plate City was next, late morning, after lots of lounging and napping. I did benches and of course, the farmer's walk. On the farmer's walk, I did 1 X 200 feet with just the implements, and then 1 X 150 feet. Then I loaded the handles with a 25 on each end making 102 pounds for each one or 204 total pounds. That was heavy. I did only 2 X 50 feet. I have now figured out my poundages for endurance and for the heavy carries. Although I have been using these at every workout, I was preparing my body for the move as well as experimenting  with the weight. Now I will probably go to a three times per week scheme of light, heavy, medium.

After the gym work, I went in and snacked and napped. I went to sleep twice. It was a lazy day of hard training. We went to Hillbilly Heaven. I was not up to running the whole way so I got out at Hillview Baptist Church and shuffled the 5.59 miles in which included my second pull of the big hill in three days. Tuesday I ran ambulated the Big Hill Mile in 18:50. This time I did it in 14:02. Of course I had way fewer miles on my legs when I hit it this time, but it is still nice to see a reduction. Once there, we sat around and ate pizza. Like I said, it was a lazy day of hard training.

I enjoyed the day much. Thank you, Jesus, for blessing me with the health and energy to play at my age.