Tapering fun

[andygates]

Things this apex week's taught me so far: Sleep is sacred, at least 7h; I can't sustain two intense workouts a day, one needs to be footling; Hit the sack prepped for morning training before breakfast for keenest results; A week's plan laid out in one go is really easy to follow; If you miss a session, let it go, don't bollix up your schedule trying to cram it in.

Yesterday's swim was the third helping of cream on this week's cake (after a tough brick on Monday and a gorgeous ride of the Tivvy Triangle into work on Wednesday). Two sets of 250m - 10 lengths - nonstop using Hutch's breathing advice. Some warmup and footling too. Left me feeling like I could sustain that trundle for as long as I needed to, so my stroke is finally (after what, 6 months?) going aerobic. Happy happy joy joy! Celebrated by buying some fish fingers :)

PM run was a write-off though and today is listed as rest day. Argh, wanna go run... but no, rest is training too.

Memo to all training types: check which towel you pack to public changing areas. Scurrying across the mixed change area from the men's showers to your locker past the morning's clutch of littleolds clutching a face towel to your nuts is not ideal. They squawk like baseball turkeys.

Comments

[andygates.livejournal.com]

It's a large mixed changing area with cubicles and lockers. And off to one side (wetside, though that sounds like some deep-sea sci-fi that only made it to VHS) are male and female showers and the pool. One would normally pass the blue rinsey girls whilst wearing a much more appropriate towel ...