9/5 - 9/11

Last week, I felt like I was training for real again. Monday being Labor Day, John and I did not go to the pool. I lounged around the house drinking coffee, petting cats, and reading a bit. Finally, I got up, did some weightlifting, and ran 4.12 miles.

Tuesday, I wore my Garmin to work and walked 1.75 miles. Now that I know that my GPS watch will pick up the signal inside the building, I am going to rack up some big walking numbers. After work, John and I hit the pool. I swam

1,500
26 X 50 @ 1:12
1,500 small paddles
2 X 50 easy
total: 4,400 meters.

I also ran 2.05 miles and lifted some weights.

Wednesday I walked .8 at work then at the pool I swam 5,500 straight but with some pick ups thrown in. After the pool, I ran 5.3 miles in some multi-paced fashion, my longest since the knee injury.

Thursday I only got .3 at work. At the pool, I swam

1,600
28 X 50 @ 1:12
1,000 small paddles
100 for time
11 X 100 @ 2:00 (1st five with medium paddles)
total: 5,200 meters.

Friday is distance day. John and I got in the pool about 10:00 am. I swam

2,500 in 51:53
2,700 in 56:58 (2:06)
2,900 in 1:00:06 (2:04)
3,100 1:04:26 (2:04)
1,000 in 20:30 (2:02)
8 X 100 @ 2:30
total: 13,000 meters.

This was a better 13,000 than the 13,100 I did a few weeks ago. There was a touch of quality and never the survival swimming I did then.

Saturday, I went to the pool alone. I didn't have much in mind, just an easy, short swim to bump me up over 30,000 for the week. I swam

1,200
then worked with Nick Joseph a bit on his swimming
100 easy
200 for time (3:26)
600 small paddles
total: 2,100 meters.

Later in the day, I lifted weights. Then after watching a few ball games, I went out for a 6.71 miles multi-paced run. Now I feel like I am really coming back.

For the week, I

ran 18.48 miles,
lifted weights three times,
walked 6.48 miles, and 
swam 30,200 meters.

Now that I have had a real week of training, I plan to run the 300 Oaks next Saturday. My time won't be too good, but I am going for it anyway.