Training Week 10, Day 1

Woke up at 5:00 am - weight 184.8 lbs.
Shower and leave the house by 5:45 am
Arrive at Work at 7:15 am
Breakfast: 2 eggs over easy, 2 pieces of bacon, 2 pieces of dry white toast (approx 500 calories)
Lunch: Ham sandwich with 1 slice American cheese, 1 60 calorie yogurt, 1 orange, 1 bag 100 calorie chips (approx 550 calories)
Finish Work at 4:15 am
Arrive Home at 5:30
Play with Dog and relax until 6:30
Workout 6:45 to 7:20
Dinner: Smart Ones fettuccine alfredo and broccolli (260 calories) and one piece of 70 calorie bread
Snacks: 1 Nestle Crunch bar (220 calories- oops!), 1 Special K cereal bar (90 calories)

Total calories- about 1700


Training Week 10, Day 1

Today is a Swim. The workout plan I've been following calls for:

200 M warmup (as 50 free, 50 back, 50 kick, 50 free)
6 x 50 kick with flippers (25 easy, 25 hard) ( 15 seconds rest)
4 x 25 free (breathe every 5 strokes) (10 seconds rest)
6 x 25 free with flippers (2 at medium effort, 1 hard) (15 seconds rest)
200 M cool down

As I don't have any flippers and I've read that kicking only accounts for about 15% of your speed in the water, I replaced the second set with 6 x 50 (as 25 Distance Per Stroke, 25 Fingertip Drag) drills. And obviously, I didn't wear flippers on the fourth set.

The workout felt pretty good. The intensity was high. I kept flashing back to that murky lake and how I didn't keep a good rhythm. I concentrated on keeping a strong cadence with my arms. Judging by my times (on the 200s, I averaged about 25 seconds per 25 M), my intensity was at a good level.

Other things of note:

While I was at the pool, there was a water yoga class going on. This consisted of about 25 blue hairs shaking around in the pool. Good for them for getting some exercise! But... I wish they would wear swim caps. I always see clumps of hair floating on the bottom of the pool when they're working out. Ewww! At least in that lake I couldn't see the nastiness floating below.

Well it's 9:15pm, and it's time to hit the hay. Goodnight!