Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - COLD!

After a blistering cold run with the team on Saturday, I did a simple 30 minute swim workout on Sunday.  Glad I was indoors, 'cause it was freezing.  Every Sunday workout serves as a baseline workout - to see if I've improved from the week before.  I don't do a swim workout every Sunday, since I can choose between a swim or a run.  I have done probably about 3 Sunday swim workouts since I began training, maybe more, but didn't really track my time.  All three times, I've seen improvement in my 100 yrd times.

1st Sunday Swim - roughly 2min 10sec
2nd Sunday Swim - roughly 1min 55sec
3rd Sunday Swim (the latest swim) - roughly 1min 43sec

I'm happy with that, and I hope I continue to see improvement over time.  Just to give you some point of comparison, the fastest time I found on a quick google search was a D1 swimmer from Auburn swam the 100rd freestyle in 40.92sec.  I have a long ways to go :)

Monday was freezing, again!  I didn't get out of work early enough to go out for a bike ride, so, I stayed in and worked on the trainer for about 35 mins.  We ended up purchasing a bike trainer, the CycleOps Fluid2 Trainer for the home.

Source: CycleOps.com

Great piece of hardware to have at home.  We bought the package that came with the mat, bike thong, and two climbing blocks.

Source: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419obv5ZEcL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

The trainer offers a great workout, and the bike thong does come in handy, because I guarantee in the first 5-10 minutes of your bike workout, you will begin to drip with sweat.

Finally, Tuesday - I got home just in time after work to get a good run in before the sun went down.  Went out for a 45 min loop around town.  I've been trying to work on my run technique, I must be doing something right because my arches and calves are sore.  But I also know I'm missing something, cause my heel is sore, meaning I'm putting more force on my heel than I should be.

I'm pooped, I hope I can get out of work early enough to get a bike ride in.