"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
- Lao-tzu
I have always appreciated this quote and have often thought of it when standing at the starting line of some of my races. At 4:00am this morning I thought about it when the alarm went off and I had to go to Master's swim class. The significance of today's swim is that it was the first workout of my Ironman Texas journey.
This was my first time back in the pool in a couple of weeks and it was no walk in the park either. Or more precisely stated - my arse got handed to me. It is amazing how much swim fitness has been lost in just under a month's time? My training plan called for me to do 1800 yds but my master's coach, Katy, had put together a 3000yd workout with a bunch of intervals. I was able to do 2500yds and ended up skipping the final 500yds of drills. I was wasted and my left hammy was cramping up. Good start to the the first day!
I just finished up the second workout which was an hour on the bike. This was done on the trainer at an aerobic Zone 2 pace - I love the base phase of my training plans! Legs are feeling spry and have another AM trainer ride and PM run tomorrow.
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AM - Swim - 2500 yards
PM - Bike - 18 miles
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Day One in the Books!
Thanks for Reading,
Jeff
